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... virtue . Every moral agent is sinful , or holy , ac- cording to his character ; and his character is good or bad according to the nature and temper of his heart . If the heart be good , the fruit will be good ; but if the heart be evil ...
... virtue . Every moral agent is sinful , or holy , ac- cording to his character ; and his character is good or bad according to the nature and temper of his heart . If the heart be good , the fruit will be good ; but if the heart be evil ...
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... virtue ; that any existence , destitute of active principles , is not an agent , of course vice and virtue cannot be attributed to him . Nei- ther is he a proper subject of praise and blame . But if an ac- tive principle is necessary to ...
... virtue ; that any existence , destitute of active principles , is not an agent , of course vice and virtue cannot be attributed to him . Nei- ther is he a proper subject of praise and blame . But if an ac- tive principle is necessary to ...
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Asa Burton. and virtue . These are evident and essential differences be- tween the understanding and the taste ; and show us that they are totally distinct faculties , from which operations of a differ- ent nature proceed ...
Asa Burton. and virtue . These are evident and essential differences be- tween the understanding and the taste ; and show us that they are totally distinct faculties , from which operations of a differ- ent nature proceed ...
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... virtue , sounds and colours . A preparedness to be pleased with a definite class of objects , is what I mean by an appetite . One person is prepared to be pleased with virtue . This is an appetite for virtue . Another has not this ...
... virtue , sounds and colours . A preparedness to be pleased with a definite class of objects , is what I mean by an appetite . One person is prepared to be pleased with virtue . This is an appetite for virtue . Another has not this ...
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... virtue ; and is of course a moral faculty.- Without it , mankind would be inactive beings , like all existen- ces incapable of feeling . Each affection and passion contains two operations ; a sen- sation either pleasant or painful ; and ...
... virtue ; and is of course a moral faculty.- Without it , mankind would be inactive beings , like all existen- ces incapable of feeling . Each affection and passion contains two operations ; a sen- sation either pleasant or painful ; and ...
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Page 198 - Ye men of Israel, hear these words ; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain...
Page 12 - A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good ; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil : for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Page 2 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Page 12 - But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and they defile the man ? 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies ; 20 These are the things which defile a man : but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
Page 28 - ... and what we ought to do and what we ought not to do, whoever came into the world without having an innate idea of them?
Page 374 - Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not : for I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
Page 214 - Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Page 299 - no man shall see the Lord." Qualified, however, in our faculties, to know and serve God ; with the volume of inspiration before us ; surrounded, on every side, by an...
Page 12 - ... that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him; the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints...
Page 216 - If a man look on a woman, to lust after her, he hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.