Elements of Moral Philosophy, Volume 2Duncan, 1826 - Christian ethics |
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... importance , and to make all temporary inte- rests subservient to our pursuit of this , is so far from being at variance with disinterested benevolence and virtue , that there can be no disinterested benevolence and virtue without it ...
... importance , and to make all temporary inte- rests subservient to our pursuit of this , is so far from being at variance with disinterested benevolence and virtue , that there can be no disinterested benevolence and virtue without it ...
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... importance , that it authorizes us to violate his laws when we can persuade ourselves to believe , that we shall derive greater ad- vantage from the violation than from the observance- and which , in place of pointing to God as the ...
... importance , that it authorizes us to violate his laws when we can persuade ourselves to believe , that we shall derive greater ad- vantage from the violation than from the observance- and which , in place of pointing to God as the ...
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... importance , since it is nothing less than this : -Is the fourth commandment a moral pre- cept , universally binding on mankind ; or is it merely a positive requirement , designed to answer some use- ful ends under the Mosaic economy ...
... importance , since it is nothing less than this : -Is the fourth commandment a moral pre- cept , universally binding on mankind ; or is it merely a positive requirement , designed to answer some use- ful ends under the Mosaic economy ...
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... importance , and the perpetuity and universal obligation , of the moral law , and thus to distinguish it from every other part of the Mosaic ritual . But the fourth commandment is embodied in this law , and is delivered in a manner as ...
... importance , and the perpetuity and universal obligation , of the moral law , and thus to distinguish it from every other part of the Mosaic ritual . But the fourth commandment is embodied in this law , and is delivered in a manner as ...
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... importance , and perpetual obligation , was this distinction made between the communication of the moral and of the ceremonial law ? Our Lord himself has also distinguished them , not merely by giving an exposition of the ten command ...
... importance , and perpetual obligation , was this distinction made between the communication of the moral and of the ceremonial law ? Our Lord himself has also distinguished them , not merely by giving an exposition of the ten command ...
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Page 225 - Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever : for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
Page 401 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Page 100 - The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Page 338 - For it was not an enemy that reproached me ; Then I could have borne it : Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me ; Then I would have hid myself from him : But it was thou, a man mine equal, My guide, and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, And walked unto the house of God in company.
Page 378 - 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, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 381 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill ; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment : But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment...
Page 357 - Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
Page 326 - GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us ; And cause his face to shine upon us. That thy way may be known upon earth, Thy saving health among all nations.
Page 196 - THUS saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: Where is the house that ye build unto me? And where is the place of my rest ? For all those things hath mine hand made, And all those things have been, saith the Lord: But to this man will I look, Even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, And trembleth at my word.
Page 220 - Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.