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... Determination is to be made by collateral Inducements ... RULE VII . It is not lawful to change our practical Sentence , while the same Pro- bability remains ... RULE VIII . 80 84 A Probability is not to be followed , except in great ...
... Determination is to be made by collateral Inducements ... RULE VII . It is not lawful to change our practical Sentence , while the same Pro- bability remains ... RULE VIII . 80 84 A Probability is not to be followed , except in great ...
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... determined upon its proper grounds innocently and right , there to ac- knowledge a fault in the conscience or determination , is to make the rule itself crooked , to introduce eternal scruples and irresolution , to disturb our own peace ...
... determined upon its proper grounds innocently and right , there to ac- knowledge a fault in the conscience or determination , is to make the rule itself crooked , to introduce eternal scruples and irresolution , to disturb our own peace ...
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... determination , as there was in the introducing cause of the error , and no more . For if the action consequent to the per- suasion were also a sin , then it ought not to be done ; but be- cause in this case the conscience ought to be ...
... determination , as there was in the introducing cause of the error , and no more . For if the action consequent to the per- suasion were also a sin , then it ought not to be done ; but be- cause in this case the conscience ought to be ...
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... determined by its own motives when it is not determined by reason , that is , by the motives of understanding . Now the motives of will , when it is not moved by right reason , are pleasure and profit , ambition and revenge , partiality ...
... determined by its own motives when it is not determined by reason , that is , by the motives of understanding . Now the motives of will , when it is not moved by right reason , are pleasure and profit , ambition and revenge , partiality ...
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... determine by any of its proper motives that are honest ; any prudent interest , any fair compliance , any cus- tom , in case these happen to be on the right side . When the arguments seem equal , the understanding or conscience cannot ...
... determine by any of its proper motives that are honest ; any prudent interest , any fair compliance , any cus- tom , in case these happen to be on the right side . When the arguments seem equal , the understanding or conscience cannot ...
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Page 368 - Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female...
Page 361 - I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt : open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Page 473 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Page 287 - Let no man judge you in meat or in drink, or in respect of a holiday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days...
Page 328 - And yet indeed she is my sister: she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother ; and she became my wife.
Page 333 - Have ye not read, that He who made [them] from the beginning, made them male and female, and said : For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh ? Wherefore they are no more two, but one flesh.
Page 293 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Page 332 - Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the Lord liveth: lie down until the morning.
Page 294 - But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.