Elements of Moral Philosophy, Volume 2Duncan, 1826 - Christian ethics |
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... punishment , with a liberty of choice , and a power of acting according to that choice ; and who wants not the means necessary for the practice of virtue , and for abstaining from vice . Such a being is man ; he is endowed with the ...
... punishment , with a liberty of choice , and a power of acting according to that choice ; and who wants not the means necessary for the practice of virtue , and for abstaining from vice . Such a being is man ; he is endowed with the ...
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Daniel Dewar. that merit approbation and praise , others that deserve blame and punishment ; that different degrees either of approbation or of blame are due to different actions ; that we may be highly culpable in omitting what we ought ...
Daniel Dewar. that merit approbation and praise , others that deserve blame and punishment ; that different degrees either of approbation or of blame are due to different actions ; that we may be highly culpable in omitting what we ought ...
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... punishments . So fixed and perma- nent is this order , that parents take it for granted while they attempt , in the education of their children , to implant those principles and maxims in their minds , which will lead them in future ...
... punishments . So fixed and perma- nent is this order , that parents take it for granted while they attempt , in the education of their children , to implant those principles and maxims in their minds , which will lead them in future ...
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... punishment of the wicked , the rendering unto men according to their works , whether good or evil . Though the imperfection of man , and of all his institutions , may prevent him from exactly proportioning his awards to the personal ...
... punishment of the wicked , the rendering unto men according to their works , whether good or evil . Though the imperfection of man , and of all his institutions , may prevent him from exactly proportioning his awards to the personal ...
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... punishments in the life to come : while the former views it merely as suggested by nature , and as being enforced only by the present consequences of adopting or disregard- ing it . The method by which Dr. Paley attempts to derive his ...
... punishments in the life to come : while the former views it merely as suggested by nature , and as being enforced only by the present consequences of adopting or disregard- ing it . The method by which Dr. Paley attempts to derive his ...
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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.