The Quarterly Christian SpectatorA. H. Maltby, 1829 - Theology |
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... desire of hap- piness which fixes on no definite object but puts the soul upon finding and choosing some object as the means of its happiness , it is important to make the distinction in language . To denote the latter we know of no ...
... desire of hap- piness which fixes on no definite object but puts the soul upon finding and choosing some object as the means of its happiness , it is important to make the distinction in language . To denote the latter we know of no ...
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... desire of happiness or self - love , which in its own nature fixes on no definite object as the source of happiness . This self - love or desire of happiness , is the primary cause or reason of all acts of preference or choice which fix ...
... desire of happiness or self - love , which in its own nature fixes on no definite object as the source of happiness . This self - love or desire of happiness , is the primary cause or reason of all acts of preference or choice which fix ...
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... desire to be happy . Whenever we do fix upon the object , self love primarily prompts to the choice ( not determines it ; ) and therefore exists prior to the act of will by which we fix our affections on any object as our chief good ...
... desire to be happy . Whenever we do fix upon the object , self love primarily prompts to the choice ( not determines it ; ) and therefore exists prior to the act of will by which we fix our affections on any object as our chief good ...
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... desire to avoid future punish- ment . This answer , we think , is given in very ambiguous phraseology , and with very inadequate views of the subject . We therefore propose to make some discriminations in re- spect to the import of this ...
... desire to avoid future punish- ment . This answer , we think , is given in very ambiguous phraseology , and with very inadequate views of the subject . We therefore propose to make some discriminations in re- spect to the import of this ...
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... desire that God would change their heart , and restore them to holi- ness , that they may not be forever miserable ? We reply , that this cannot be true of the sinner , while the affections of his heart are actively given to the world ...
... desire that God would change their heart , and restore them to holi- ness , that they may not be forever miserable ? We reply , that this cannot be true of the sinner , while the affections of his heart are actively given to the world ...
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Page 90 - Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
Page 90 - I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel: we shall be divided by our little partial local interests, our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and a byword down to future ages. And what is worse, mankind may hereafter, from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing government by human wisdom, and leave it to chance, war, and conquest.
Page 154 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and Citizens. The mere Politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and cherish them.
Page 138 - For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit...
Page 103 - And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
Page 90 - In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible uf danger, we had daily prayers in this room for the divine protection ! Our prayers, sir, were heard ; — and they were graciously answered.
Page 89 - We have gone back to ancient history for models of government, and examined the different forms of those republics, which, having been originally formed with the seeds of their own dissolution, now no longer exist ; and we have viewed modern states all round Europe, but find none of their constitutions suitable to our circumstances.
Page 305 - tis haunted, holy ground, No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould, But one vast realm of wonder spreads around, And all the Muse's tales seem truly told, Till the sense aches with gazing to behold The scenes our earliest dreams have dwelt upon: Each hill and dale, each deepening glen and wold Defies the power which crush'd thy temples gone: Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon.
Page 79 - It being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times by keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by persuading from the use of tongues...
Page 272 - If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us : Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us...