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... sense of the excellence of virtue , and on faith in God as the protector of the virtuous . The Christian gives a preference to that particular kind of happiness to which a life of virtue and religion leads , in the general persuasion ...
... sense of the excellence of virtue , and on faith in God as the protector of the virtuous . The Christian gives a preference to that particular kind of happiness to which a life of virtue and religion leads , in the general persuasion ...
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... sense or know- ledge ; and it is commended to his faith , by his just sense of the importance of the attainments to which it is promised . - If any one imagines he can be actuated by prin- ciples more disinterested than these , he ...
... sense or know- ledge ; and it is commended to his faith , by his just sense of the importance of the attainments to which it is promised . - If any one imagines he can be actuated by prin- ciples more disinterested than these , he ...
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... sense of virtue , or any preference of its proper enjoy- ments as naturally the greatest good , make no other choice of heaven than as the least of two great evils . To be deprived of sensual gratifications , they hold to be an evil of ...
... sense of virtue , or any preference of its proper enjoy- ments as naturally the greatest good , make no other choice of heaven than as the least of two great evils . To be deprived of sensual gratifications , they hold to be an evil of ...
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... sense of guilt , and a just fear of punishment . The sweetness of the ripened fruit is not the less delicious for the austerity of its cruder state ; nor is this Christian righteousness to be despised , if , amid the various temptations ...
... sense of guilt , and a just fear of punishment . The sweetness of the ripened fruit is not the less delicious for the austerity of its cruder state ; nor is this Christian righteousness to be despised , if , amid the various temptations ...
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... sense of the word , disinterested , ) is never- theless rational ; inasmuch as its origin is entirely in the understanding , and personal good , though not its object , is rendered by the appointment of Providence , and by the promises ...
... sense of the word , disinterested , ) is never- theless rational ; inasmuch as its origin is entirely in the understanding , and personal good , though not its object , is rendered by the appointment of Providence , and by the promises ...
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Popular passages
Page 386 - And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with ihe baptism that I am baptized with ; but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give ; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
Page 358 - And again, when he bringeth in the first-begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
Page 64 - And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 29 - And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.
Page 98 - FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word ; it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, that thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
Page 69 - Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. Sing unto the Lord ; for he hath done excellent things : this is known in all the earth. Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion : for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
Page 124 - She saith unto him, Yea, Lord : I believe that thou art the Christ the Son of God, which should come into the world.
Page 47 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord our Righteousness.
Page 34 - This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
Page 101 - For the poor shall never cease out of the land : therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.