Fifteen Sermons Preached at Rolls Chapel: To which is Added Six Sermons Preached on Publick Occasions |
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Page xvi
... greatest Influence . THE practical Reason of infifting fo much . upon this natural Authority of the Principle of Reflection or Confcience is , that it seems in great Measure overlooked by many , who are by no means the worfe fort of Men ...
... greatest Influence . THE practical Reason of infifting fo much . upon this natural Authority of the Principle of Reflection or Confcience is , that it seems in great Measure overlooked by many , who are by no means the worfe fort of Men ...
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... , what this Author does not feem to have been aware of , that the greatest Degree of Scepticifm which He thought poffible , will ftill leave Men under the • the ftricteft Moral Obligations , whatever their Opinion be xviii PREFACE .
... , what this Author does not feem to have been aware of , that the greatest Degree of Scepticifm which He thought poffible , will ftill leave Men under the • the ftricteft Moral Obligations , whatever their Opinion be xviii PREFACE .
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... greatest Fear to an ill Man , Malice may be appealed or fatiated ; Humour may change : But Goodness is a fixt , fteady , immoveable Prin- ciple of Action . If either of the former holds the Sword of Juftice , there is plainly Ground for ...
... greatest Fear to an ill Man , Malice may be appealed or fatiated ; Humour may change : But Goodness is a fixt , fteady , immoveable Prin- ciple of Action . If either of the former holds the Sword of Juftice , there is plainly Ground for ...
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... greatest Happiness they were capable of attaining for themselves in this Life , and if Self - love were fo ftrong and prevalent , as that they would uniformly purfue this their fuppofed chief temporal Good , without being diverted from ...
... greatest Happiness they were capable of attaining for themselves in this Life , and if Self - love were fo ftrong and prevalent , as that they would uniformly purfue this their fuppofed chief temporal Good , without being diverted from ...
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... greatest Part of thefe Difcourfes ; their being taken from amongst many Others , preached in the fame Place , through a Course of Eight Years , being in great Measure accidental . Neither is he to expect to find any other Connection ...
... greatest Part of thefe Difcourfes ; their being taken from amongst many Others , preached in the fame Place , through a Course of Eight Years , being in great Measure accidental . Neither is he to expect to find any other Connection ...
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Page 310 - The secret things belong unto the LORD our God : but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Page 177 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 118 - And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
Page 178 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock, and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Page xl - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Page 119 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, With calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 142 - The indignation raised by cruelty and injustice, and the desire of having it punished, which persons unconcerned would feel, is by no means malice. No, it is resentment against vice and wickedness : it is one of the common bonds, by which society is held together; a fellow-feeling, which each individual has in behalf of the whole species, as well as of himself.
Page 257 - That which we more strictly call piety, or the love of God, and which is an essential part of a right temper, some may perhaps imagine no way connected with benevolence: yet surely they must be connected, if there be indeed in being an object infinitely...
Page ii - ... this idle way of reading and considering things. . By this means, time, even in solitude, is happily got rid of, without the pain of attention ^ Neither is any; part of it more put to the account of idleness, one can scarce forbear saying, -is spent with less thought, than great part of that which is spent in reading.
Page 312 - Our province is virtue and religion, life and manners; the science of improving the temper, and making the heart better. This is the field assigned us to cultivate: how much it has lain neglected is indeed astonishing.