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... hands of a lecturer , or as a guide to a ftudent , who is fuppofed to confult other books , or to institute upon each subject researches of his own , the method is by no means convenient for ordinary readers ; be- caufe few readers are ...
... hands of a lecturer , or as a guide to a ftudent , who is fuppofed to confult other books , or to institute upon each subject researches of his own , the method is by no means convenient for ordinary readers ; be- caufe few readers are ...
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... hand , I have seldom , I hope , exercised the patience of the reader by the length and pro- lixity of my effays , or difappointed that patience at laft by the tenuity and unimportance of the conclufion . There are two particulars in the ...
... hand , I have seldom , I hope , exercised the patience of the reader by the length and pro- lixity of my effays , or difappointed that patience at laft by the tenuity and unimportance of the conclufion . There are two particulars in the ...
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... hand , than in any other , not to fay , than in all others put togeth- er . His talent alfo for illuftration is unrivalled . But his thoughts are diffused through a long , various , and irregular work . I fhall account it no mean praise ...
... hand , than in any other , not to fay , than in all others put togeth- er . His talent alfo for illuftration is unrivalled . But his thoughts are diffused through a long , various , and irregular work . I fhall account it no mean praise ...
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... fenfe . protinufque pectus ejus gladio trajecit . cædis , quam ipfa cæde , miferior . " Collapfus itaque eft infelix , auctore VALER . MAX . Lib . IX . Cap . 11 .. On the other hand , anfwers have been given to The Moral Senfe . 29.
... fenfe . protinufque pectus ejus gladio trajecit . cædis , quam ipfa cæde , miferior . " Collapfus itaque eft infelix , auctore VALER . MAX . Lib . IX . Cap . 11 .. On the other hand , anfwers have been given to The Moral Senfe . 29.
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William Paley. On the other hand , anfwers have been given to most of these arguments , by the patrons of the oppo fite fyftem : and , First , as to the uniformity above alleged , they con- trovert the fact . They remark , from authentic ...
William Paley. On the other hand , anfwers have been given to most of these arguments , by the patrons of the oppo fite fyftem : and , First , as to the uniformity above alleged , they con- trovert the fact . They remark , from authentic ...
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Page 326 - ... he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath- but also for conscience
Page 326 - For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain : for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Page 173 - Therefore, when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 267 - And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint...
Page 296 - 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...
Page 54 - His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed : thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
Page 187 - Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded ? 8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
Page 266 - Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
Page 326 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the LORD'S sake; whether it be to the king, as supreme; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him, for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well, For so is the will of GOD, that with welldoing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: as free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness ; but as the servants of GOD.
Page 144 - And the oath of allegiance, as administered for upwards of six hundred years, contained a promise " to be true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear of life and limb and terrene honour, and not to know or hear of any ill or damage intended him, without defending him therefrom.