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... moral condition of civilized and of barbarous nations , would give the preference to the latter ; alleging that , on the whole , more enjoy- ment is secured , and less suffering entailed by a lower , than by a more advanced development ...
... moral condition of civilized and of barbarous nations , would give the preference to the latter ; alleging that , on the whole , more enjoy- ment is secured , and less suffering entailed by a lower , than by a more advanced development ...
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... moral sentiment - and a progress in manners , which , though its future course may be arrested by cala- mities falling upon the human family , could not be freely renounced but by an act of desperation , fatal to the social existence of ...
... moral sentiment - and a progress in manners , which , though its future course may be arrested by cala- mities falling upon the human family , could not be freely renounced but by an act of desperation , fatal to the social existence of ...
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... moral end , however remote , and which higher end it is now visibly approaching . We have before us , in this history , a power which , even when the most enfeebled or perverted , could lend a grandeur even to folly , and a sublimity to ...
... moral end , however remote , and which higher end it is now visibly approaching . We have before us , in this history , a power which , even when the most enfeebled or perverted , could lend a grandeur even to folly , and a sublimity to ...
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... moral excellence . The objector means to say that , should he survive to so happy a day , he himself , urged forward in the general movement , will have become wise . The same momentous fact , namely , That the moral energies of the ...
... moral excellence . The objector means to say that , should he survive to so happy a day , he himself , urged forward in the general movement , will have become wise . The same momentous fact , namely , That the moral energies of the ...
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... moral nature , to which an appeal is necessarily made in asserting the reality of spiritual religion . What is it then which the question concerning the truth of Christianity supposes to be doubtful ; or what is it which can be regarded ...
... moral nature , to which an appeal is necessarily made in asserting the reality of spiritual religion . What is it then which the question concerning the truth of Christianity supposes to be doubtful ; or what is it which can be regarded ...
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Page 118 - The Romish doctrine concerning Purgatory, Pardons, Worshipping, and Adoration, as well of Images as of Reliques, and also Invocation of Saints, is a fond thing vainly invented, and grounded upon no warranty of Scripture, but rather repugnant to the Word of God.
Page 3 - Atonement and Sacrifice. Discourses and Dissertations on the Scriptural Doctrines of Atonement and Sacrifice, and on the Principal Arguments advanced, and the Mode of Reasoning employed by the Opponents of those Doctrines, as held by the Established Church.
Page 67 - For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba Father.
Page 4 - This Edition, which the Author has arranged and revised with the same care as if it were intended for posthumous publication, includes many pieces which either have never before been collected, or have hitherto remained unpublished. Preliminary notices are affixed to the long poems, — the whole of the notes retained, — and such additional ones incorporated as the Author, since the first publication, has seen occasion to insert.
Page 5 - ... lectures comprise an examination of the deluge ; the sixth discusses the apparent dissonance between the decisions of geologists, and the hitherto received interpretation of Scripture, with an additional exposition of the diluvial...
Page 128 - By this justification we have the spirit of adoption, peace with God, and a joyful prospect of our eternal inheritance, Rom. v. 1, 2. " Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ — and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Page 68 - If any love me, he will keep my words, and we will come unto him, and will make our abode with him."* Give therefore admittance unto Christ, and deny entrance to all others.
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Page 9 - The MATERNAL SERIES of the above popular Library is now ready, entitled THE HANNAHS ; or Maternal Influence of Sons. By Robert Philip. 1 vul.
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