Essays on the Principles of Morality: And on the Private and Political Rights and Obligations of Mankind |
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... persons who speak of religious duties as if there were something sacred or im- perative in their obligation that does not belong to duties of morality , - many , who would perhaps offer up their lives rather than profess a belief in a ...
... persons who speak of religious duties as if there were something sacred or im- perative in their obligation that does not belong to duties of morality , - many , who would perhaps offer up their lives rather than profess a belief in a ...
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... persons of the immediate sur- vivors of the deluge , to the whole human race . This argument assumes a ground paramount to all questions of subsequent abrogation . Now it would appear a sufficient answer to say , -If the precepts of the ...
... persons of the immediate sur- vivors of the deluge , to the whole human race . This argument assumes a ground paramount to all questions of subsequent abrogation . Now it would appear a sufficient answer to say , -If the precepts of the ...
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... person's duties in such cases are sufficiently obvious without the gravity of illustration . Well , -but are the ... persons , and perhaps of some others , is that they misunderstand the rule . The promotion of the Divine glory is ...
... person's duties in such cases are sufficiently obvious without the gravity of illustration . Well , -but are the ... persons , and perhaps of some others , is that they misunderstand the rule . The promotion of the Divine glory is ...
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... persons advance ; - " Conscience is our infallible guide , " - " Conscience is the voice of the Deity , " & c . are wholly improper and inadmissible . The term may indeed have been employed synonymously for the voice of God : but this ...
... persons advance ; - " Conscience is our infallible guide , " - " Conscience is the voice of the Deity , " & c . are wholly improper and inadmissible . The term may indeed have been employed synonymously for the voice of God : but this ...
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... Persons talk of possessing the Bible , as if every one who lived in a Protestant country had a Bible in his pocket , and could read it . But there are thousands , perhaps millions , in Christian and in Protestant countries , who know ...
... Persons talk of possessing the Bible , as if every one who lived in a Protestant country had a Bible in his pocket , and could read it . But there are thousands , perhaps millions , in Christian and in Protestant countries , who know ...
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Page 144 - Lord thine oaths, but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne; nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Page 90 - 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 123 - And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned...
Page 65 - And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
Page 96 - 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 410 - 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 156 - I AB do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful and bear true Allegiance to His Majesty King George...
Page 137 - 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 410 - 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 145 - Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth : thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them...