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... respect to religion remain a child all his life . A child naturally has no concern but about the things which directly meet its senses ; and the person we describe is in the same condition . Again : There is a race of giddy thoughtless ...
... respect to religion remain a child all his life . A child naturally has no concern but about the things which directly meet its senses ; and the person we describe is in the same condition . Again : There is a race of giddy thoughtless ...
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... respect to the tremendous alternative which is to take place upon him after his death . These are what we understand by religious exer- cises ; and they are all so far of the same nature with religious ordinances , that they are aids ...
... respect to the tremendous alternative which is to take place upon him after his death . These are what we understand by religious exer- cises ; and they are all so far of the same nature with religious ordinances , that they are aids ...
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... respect to those , who are in the full , or in any thing near the full , enjoyment of the gifts of nature . With them I do allow that nothing but a criminal stupefaction can hinder the love of God from being felt . But this is not the ...
... respect to those , who are in the full , or in any thing near the full , enjoyment of the gifts of nature . With them I do allow that nothing but a criminal stupefaction can hinder the love of God from being felt . But this is not the ...
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... an incite- ment to action . Instructed as in christian countries mankind generally are , in the main articles of human duty , this motive will seldom mislead them . In one important respect the love of God excels all 42 SERMON II .
... an incite- ment to action . Instructed as in christian countries mankind generally are , in the main articles of human duty , this motive will seldom mislead them . In one important respect the love of God excels all 42 SERMON II .
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William Paley. In one important respect the love of God excels all moral principles whatever ; and that is in its compre- hensiveness . It reaches every action : it includes every duty ; you cannot mention another moral principle which ...
William Paley. In one important respect the love of God excels all moral principles whatever ; and that is in its compre- hensiveness . It reaches every action : it includes every duty ; you cannot mention another moral principle which ...
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Page 167 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day ; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 179 - Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
Page 148 - Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
Page 128 - For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Page 126 - I more: circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
Page 277 - Let him that stole steal no more : but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Page 177 - This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me : for he was before me.
Page 163 - As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. Behold, all souls are Mine: as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine : the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Page 131 - And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
Page 163 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.