The rule of conscienceOgle, Duncan and Company, 1822 |
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... Sin RULE IV . It is a greater Sin to do a good Action against our Conscience , than to do an evil Action in obedience to it RULE V. It is not lawful to delight in an evil Action , after the Discovery of our Error PAGE 1 5 16 18 20 RULE ...
... Sin RULE IV . It is a greater Sin to do a good Action against our Conscience , than to do an evil Action in obedience to it RULE V. It is not lawful to delight in an evil Action , after the Discovery of our Error PAGE 1 5 16 18 20 RULE ...
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... Nature is Fear of Punishment 228 .... 250 RULE IV . The second Band of Virtue is Love .... 236 RULE V. The Imperfection of civil Laws is supplied by natural Obligation .... 241 RULE VI . Criterion of Sins against the Laws of vi CONTENTS .
... Nature is Fear of Punishment 228 .... 250 RULE IV . The second Band of Virtue is Love .... 236 RULE V. The Imperfection of civil Laws is supplied by natural Obligation .... 241 RULE VI . Criterion of Sins against the Laws of vi CONTENTS .
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Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber. RULE VI . Criterion of Sins against the Laws of Nature RULE VII . Actions forbidden by the Law of Nature are not only unlawful but also void .... RULE VIII . An Act forbidden by the Law of Nature for the ...
Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber. RULE VI . Criterion of Sins against the Laws of Nature RULE VII . Actions forbidden by the Law of Nature are not only unlawful but also void .... RULE VIII . An Act forbidden by the Law of Nature for the ...
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... sin : But every oath is forbidden by God : Therefore , every oath is a sin . Every thing here is true but the conclusion . The second proposition is true , but not universally . For St. James saying , " Swear not at all , " forbids all ...
... sin : But every oath is forbidden by God : Therefore , every oath is a sin . Every thing here is true but the conclusion . The second proposition is true , but not universally . For St. James saying , " Swear not at all , " forbids all ...
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... sin at all , or but a little one , that it can be a great sin to follow a man's own humour against that error ; if a man should do according to his error , it could at most be but a small sin , and therefore , to go against it can- not ...
... sin at all , or but a little one , that it can be a great sin to follow a man's own humour against that error ; if a man should do according to his error , it could at most be but a small sin , and therefore , to go against it can- not ...
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Page 499 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Page 371 - Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Page 286 - The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
Page 366 - I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt : open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Page 350 - THY word is a lantern unto my feet : and a light unto my paths.
Page 328 - And yet indeed she is my sister: she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother ; and she became my wife.
Page 370 - To whom then will ye liken GOD ? or what likeness will ye compare unto Him ? The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
Page 326 - There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: 2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, 3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband ; for her may he be defiled.
Page 370 - Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female...
Page 294 - But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.