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Without moral liberty , man may be the instrument of actions which in their effects are salutary or pernicious ; but in the agent there can be neither virtue nor vice . To constitute any course of actions good , in a moral sense ...
Without moral liberty , man may be the instrument of actions which in their effects are salutary or pernicious ; but in the agent there can be neither virtue nor vice . To constitute any course of actions good , in a moral sense ...
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Can you , then , doubt the efficacy of serious and devout meditation upon moral concerns ; of raising the soul above sublunary things , and dwelling upon the pursuits and enjoyments of a higher state of being ?
Can you , then , doubt the efficacy of serious and devout meditation upon moral concerns ; of raising the soul above sublunary things , and dwelling upon the pursuits and enjoyments of a higher state of being ?
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Progressive attainments in moral life will compose an essential part of the rewards of heaven . In this view , the happiness of heaven rises on the scale of intrinsick value . Moral attributes are more excellent than intellectual .
Progressive attainments in moral life will compose an essential part of the rewards of heaven . In this view , the happiness of heaven rises on the scale of intrinsick value . Moral attributes are more excellent than intellectual .
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| Title | Sermons on Those Doctrines of the Gospel, and on Those Constituent Principles of the Church, which Christian Professors Have Made the Subject of Controversy. ... |
| Author | Aaron Bancroft |
| Publisher | William Manning & Son., 1822 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 14 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 422 pages |
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