Elements of Moral Philosophy and of Christian Ethics, Volume 2J. Duncan, 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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