The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy, Volume 2J. Faulder; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; J. Richardson; Wilkie and Robinson; J. Walker ... [etc.] ... and Constable and Company, Edinburgh, 1811 - Ethics |
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... mankind must live in continual alarm for the fate of their friends and dearest relations , when the restraints of religion and morality are with- drawn ; when every disgust which is ful enough to tempt men to suicide , shall be deemed ...
... mankind must live in continual alarm for the fate of their friends and dearest relations , when the restraints of religion and morality are with- drawn ; when every disgust which is ful enough to tempt men to suicide , shall be deemed ...
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... mankind , have not decided a question which never , so far as appears to us , came before them ; yet , I think , they have left enough to constitute a presumption how they would have decided it , had it been proposed or thought of ...
... mankind , have not decided a question which never , so far as appears to us , came before them ; yet , I think , they have left enough to constitute a presumption how they would have decided it , had it been proposed or thought of ...
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... mankind in all ages and countries of the world . Now what is universal , may be called natural ; and it seems probable that God , as our supreme governor , should expect that towards himself , which by a natural impulse , or by the irre ...
... mankind in all ages and countries of the world . Now what is universal , may be called natural ; and it seems probable that God , as our supreme governor , should expect that towards himself , which by a natural impulse , or by the irre ...
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... mankind would , in proportion to that reliance , become careless and disorderly . It is possible , in the nature of things , that our prayers may , in many instances , be effi- cacious , and yet our experience of their effi cacy be ...
... mankind would , in proportion to that reliance , become careless and disorderly . It is possible , in the nature of things , that our prayers may , in many instances , be effi- cacious , and yet our experience of their effi cacy be ...
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... mankind have been almost universally prompted to devotion , and from some beneficial purposes , which , it is conceived , may be better answered by the audience of prayer than by any other mode of communicating the same blessings . The ...
... mankind have been almost universally prompted to devotion , and from some beneficial purposes , which , it is conceived , may be better answered by the audience of prayer than by any other mode of communicating the same blessings . The ...
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Page 43 - 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 81 - Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever : for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
Page 69 - And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Page 78 - Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.
Page 84 - Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut, where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Page 71 - And Moses said, Eat that to-day; for to-day is a Sabbath unto the Lord: to-day ye shall not find it in the field. Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none.
Page 9 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord JESUS CHRIST, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 21 - For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
Page 77 - For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
Page 44 - And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.