Essays Moral and Entertaining: On the Various Faculties and Passions of the Human Mind, Volumes 1-2Reprinted for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815 - Christian ethics |
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Page 99
... church , it is in my power to preserve my own innocence , and to have no hand in its destruction ; and I ought to value that inno- cence above all the conveniences and benefits my submission can bring to me . And I must confess , I want ...
... church , it is in my power to preserve my own innocence , and to have no hand in its destruction ; and I ought to value that inno- cence above all the conveniences and benefits my submission can bring to me . And I must confess , I want ...
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... church gives , why they define the reservation and concealment of any sin , or cir- cumstance of it , in confession of it , to be sacrilege , because it defrauds God of somewhat that was due to him from the penitent ; and by the same ...
... church gives , why they define the reservation and concealment of any sin , or cir- cumstance of it , in confession of it , to be sacrilege , because it defrauds God of somewhat that was due to him from the penitent ; and by the same ...
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... church , whereof he was a very zealous member , he enters upon the disposal of his estate , and used these words : " I am extreme- ly sorry to have been so unhappy as to find my . self in my younger age engaged in a war contrary to my ...
... church , whereof he was a very zealous member , he enters upon the disposal of his estate , and used these words : " I am extreme- ly sorry to have been so unhappy as to find my . self in my younger age engaged in a war contrary to my ...
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... church in his diocese was ; and the exemption of them from the discipline by the pope's authority , is such an incroachment upon the laws of all countries , and upon the dignity and prerogative of princes , that it shakes the founda ...
... church in his diocese was ; and the exemption of them from the discipline by the pope's authority , is such an incroachment upon the laws of all countries , and upon the dignity and prerogative of princes , that it shakes the founda ...
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... church or state . And after all this , the old collegiate insti- tution , the nurseries and schools of the too much neglected secular clergy in all kingdoms , have in all times brought out more men of extraordinary parts in knowledge ...
... church or state . And after all this , the old collegiate insti- tution , the nurseries and schools of the too much neglected secular clergy in all kingdoms , have in all times brought out more men of extraordinary parts in knowledge ...
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Page 87 - 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 148 - For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Page 61 - And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid : and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
Page 196 - And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last : and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
Page 66 - Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself ? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal ? Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery ? Thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege ? Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God ? For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
Page 156 - And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient, being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness ; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity ; whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful...
Page 108 - For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better: nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
Page 92 - To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
Page 53 - But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother'be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Page 162 - If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance ; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.