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... supposed that no such benefit is acquired , nor any compact in being ; for if so , it would cease to be a free gift . It remains therefore , that a mutual good turn with- out agreement be expected . But no sign can be given , that he ...
... supposed that no such benefit is acquired , nor any compact in being ; for if so , it would cease to be a free gift . It remains therefore , that a mutual good turn with- out agreement be expected . But no sign can be given , that he ...
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... to make an obligation by vow ; which , in the case propounded , is supposed not to be . Now I call him the obliger , to whom any one is tied ; and the obliged , him who is tied . Compacts But the oblige not be- yond our ut- 14. 22 LIBERTY .
... to make an obligation by vow ; which , in the case propounded , is supposed not to be . Now I call him the obliger , to whom any one is tied ; and the obliged , him who is tied . Compacts But the oblige not be- yond our ut- 14. 22 LIBERTY .
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... supposed he can do no otherwise . When a man is arrived to this degree of fear , we cannot expect but he will provide for himself either by flight or fight . Since therefore no man is tied to impossibilities , they who are threatened ...
... supposed he can do no otherwise . When a man is arrived to this degree of fear , we cannot expect but he will provide for himself either by flight or fight . Since therefore no man is tied to impossibilities , they who are threatened ...
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... supposed with all his main might to intend the procurement of those things which are necessary to his own preservation ; if any man will contend on the other side for superfluities , by his default there will arise a war ; because that ...
... supposed with all his main might to intend the procurement of those things which are necessary to his own preservation ; if any man will contend on the other side for superfluities , by his default there will arise a war ; because that ...
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... supposed still to re- tain a right of defending himself against violence : and this is called union . But we understand that to be the will of the council , which is the will of the major part of those men of whom the council consists ...
... supposed still to re- tain a right of defending himself against violence : and this is called union . But we understand that to be the will of the council , which is the will of the major part of those men of whom the council consists ...
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Page 255 - And he said unto her, What wilt thou ? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.
Page 309 - And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures ; opening and alleging, " that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead ; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
Page 319 - Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth : for God hath received him.
Page 257 - He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Page 58 - The lot is cast into the lap ; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
Page 56 - The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, And every mountain and hill shall be made low: And the crooked shall be made straight, And the rough places plain: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together: For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 57 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the Prophets.
Page 251 - Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears : but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity, for the meek of the earth...
Page 262 - Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing : sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and come, follow me.
Page 146 - Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is wellpleasing unto the Lord.