Essays on the Principles of Morality, and on the Private and Political Rights and Obligations of Mankind |
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... possess the plausibility bestowed by a considerable admixture of truth , and which it is of importance should appear , that amid the con- tention of controversy , what is true may be separated from what is false . " On the principle ...
... possess the plausibility bestowed by a considerable admixture of truth , and which it is of importance should appear , that amid the con- tention of controversy , what is true may be separated from what is false . " On the principle ...
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... possesses a moral law - Pagans - Gradations of light - Proph- ecy -- The immediate communication of the Divine Will perpetual - Of national vices : Infanticide : Duelling - Of savage life . 20 CONTENTS . PART II . SUBORDINATE MEANS OF ...
... possesses a moral law - Pagans - Gradations of light - Proph- ecy -- The immediate communication of the Divine Will perpetual - Of national vices : Infanticide : Duelling - Of savage life . 20 CONTENTS . PART II . SUBORDINATE MEANS OF ...
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... possessed no reason for writing . The desire of supplying the deficiency , if deficiency there be ; of exhibiting a true and authoritative standard of rectitude , and of estimating the moral character of human actions by an appeal to ...
... possessed no reason for writing . The desire of supplying the deficiency , if deficiency there be ; of exhibiting a true and authoritative standard of rectitude , and of estimating the moral character of human actions by an appeal to ...
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... possessed than by his own communication of it . THE COMMUNICATION OF THE WILL OF GOD . 66 That a direct communication of ... possess more accu- rate knowledge of morality than all the sages of antiquity . We do not indeed sufficiently ...
... possessed than by his own communication of it . THE COMMUNICATION OF THE WILL OF GOD . 66 That a direct communication of ... possess more accu- rate knowledge of morality than all the sages of antiquity . We do not indeed sufficiently ...
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... possessed a moral law just as perfect as that which God has ushered into the world , and much more comprehensive ? III . If some subordinate rule of conduct were proposed , -some princi- ple which served as an auxiliary moral guide , -I ...
... possessed a moral law just as perfect as that which God has ushered into the world , and much more comprehensive ? III . If some subordinate rule of conduct were proposed , -some princi- ple which served as an auxiliary moral guide , -I ...
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Page 411 - Ye lust, and have not ; ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain ; ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not ; ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Page 414 - Then said he unto them, But now he that hath a purse let him take it, and likewise his scrip : and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one.
Page 64 - But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Page 100 - And it .came to pass, that as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
Page 54 - Forbearing one another and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Page 414 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 141 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Page 94 - Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17. Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ 18.
Page 334 - For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die : but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
Page 151 - For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers...