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... Conclusions from these Principles . Important In- fluence of Moral Habits Necessity and Probability of Divine Aid in Correcting Moral Derangement Influence of the Mental Operation called Faith 139 140 141 145 • • 147 Knowledge derived ...
... Conclusions from these Principles . Important In- fluence of Moral Habits Necessity and Probability of Divine Aid in Correcting Moral Derangement Influence of the Mental Operation called Faith 139 140 141 145 • • 147 Knowledge derived ...
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... conclusions which arise out of them . These mental operations , however , even in a high state of cultivation , may be directed entirely to truths of an ex- trinsic kind , that is , to such as do not exert any influ- ence either on the ...
... conclusions which arise out of them . These mental operations , however , even in a high state of cultivation , may be directed entirely to truths of an ex- trinsic kind , that is , to such as do not exert any influ- ence either on the ...
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... conclusions derived from these through the powers of reasoning , ought all to contribute to that which is the highest state of man , -his purity as a moral being . Two classes of them . What powers related to them ? Are the two parts of ...
... conclusions derived from these through the powers of reasoning , ought all to contribute to that which is the highest state of man , -his purity as a moral being . Two classes of them . What powers related to them ? Are the two parts of ...
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... conclusions by the testimony of God . Discordant principles are brought together ; doubts and difficulties disappear ; and beauty , order , and harmony are seen to pervade the government of the Deity . In this manner there also arises a ...
... conclusions by the testimony of God . Discordant principles are brought together ; doubts and difficulties disappear ; and beauty , order , and harmony are seen to pervade the government of the Deity . In this manner there also arises a ...
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... conclusions , and in regard to which many are incapa- ble of following out any argument at all . What is called the argument a priori for the existence and attri- butes of the Deity , for instance , conveys little that is Why are they ...
... conclusions , and in regard to which many are incapa- ble of following out any argument at all . What is called the argument a priori for the existence and attri- butes of the Deity , for instance , conveys little that is Why are they ...
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acquired actions appears approbation arise attention belief Bishop Butler calculated character Christian circumstances conduct Conic Sections connected conscience considered consists conviction cultivation degree Deity desire direct distinct divine duty emotions eternal evidence exer exercise existence facts faith fellow-men gratification guilt harmony heart highest human illustrated important impression individual influence inquiry intellectual interest Jacob Abbott John Abercrombie judgment justice knowledge leads mankind manner ment mental condition mind moral causes moral condition moral constitution moral economy moral feelings moral governor moral principle moral responsibility motives Mount Vernon nature object observations operation opinions perceive philosophy present principles of moral process of reasoning pupil purity racter referred regard regulated relation respecting result revelation rience right and wrong sacred writings says Scriptures self-love selfish sense of obligation sound specting tendency things tion tivating veracity vidual virtue volition whole Yale College
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Page 247 - But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Page 148 - 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...
Page 132 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves ; which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another ;) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my Gospel.
Page 239 - Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not ; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth : for God hath received him.
Page 148 - For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead ; so that they are without excuse. Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations. and their foolish heart was darkened.
Page 239 - I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Page 96 - When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Page 151 - Yet let any plain honest man, before he engages in any course of action, ask himself, Is this I am going about right, or is it wrong? Is it good, or is it evil ? I do not in the least doubt, but that this question would be answered agreeably to truth and virtue, by almost any fair man in almost any circumstance.
Page 4 - And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him ; And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
Page 3 - And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, When ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.