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... evil spirit ; contemplated in his schemes of charity , his discoveries in science , and his vast combinations for the benefit of his race , he seems a bright intelligence from Heaven . The lower animals . exhibit a more simple and ...
... evil spirit ; contemplated in his schemes of charity , his discoveries in science , and his vast combinations for the benefit of his race , he seems a bright intelligence from Heaven . The lower animals . exhibit a more simple and ...
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... evil , according as we affect them agreeably or disagreeably by our con- duct . To draw forth all their excellences , and cause them to diffuse joy around us -to avoid touching the harsher springs of their constitution , and bringing ...
... evil , according as we affect them agreeably or disagreeably by our con- duct . To draw forth all their excellences , and cause them to diffuse joy around us -to avoid touching the harsher springs of their constitution , and bringing ...
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... Evil seems so mixed up with good , that he regards it either as its direct product or its inseparable accompaniment . Nature is never con- templated with a clear perception of its adaptation to the purpose of promoting the true ...
... Evil seems so mixed up with good , that he regards it either as its direct product or its inseparable accompaniment . Nature is never con- templated with a clear perception of its adaptation to the purpose of promoting the true ...
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... evil consequences , or punishments , resulting from infringement of them will be calculated to enforce stricter obedience , for the advan- tage of these creatures themselves . According to this view , when a ship sinks , in consequence ...
... evil consequences , or punishments , resulting from infringement of them will be calculated to enforce stricter obedience , for the advan- tage of these creatures themselves . According to this view , when a ship sinks , in consequence ...
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... evil , or destructiveness alone , for its object . The opposite of this doctrine , viz . that there are institu- tions of the Creator which have suffering for their exclusive object , is clearly untenable ; for this would be ascribing ...
... evil , or destructiveness alone , for its object . The opposite of this doctrine , viz . that there are institu- tions of the Creator which have suffering for their exclusive object , is clearly untenable ; for this would be ascribing ...
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Page 363 - He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
Page 355 - For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead; And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them and rose again.
Page 376 - If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? Or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? If thou be righteous, what givest thou him ? Or what receiveth he of thine hand? Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; And thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
Page 371 - For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Page 376 - So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants : we have done that which was our duty to do.
Page 282 - I know not that we have any one kind or degree of enjoyment, but by the means of our own actions. And by prudence and. care we may, for the most part, pass our days in tolerable ease and quiet ; or, on the contrary, we may, by rashness, ungoverned passion, willfulness, or even by negligence, make ourselves as miserable as ever we please.
Page 370 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Page 356 - Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air...
Page 371 - For the good that I would, I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Page 42 - Somewhat further must be brought in to give us an adequate notion of it; namely, that one of those principles of action, conscience or reflection, compared with the rest as they all stand together in the nature of man, plainly bears upon it marks of authority over all the rest, and claims the absolute direction of them all, to allow or forbid their gratification: a disapprobation of reflection being in itself a principle manifestly superior to a mere propension.