Essays on the Principles of Morality and on the Private and Political Rights and Obligations of Mankindabridged and reprinted by the Book Committee of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends, 1896 - 482 pages |
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... .; his son George , the 24th of Fourth mo .; and Jonathan Dymond , as already stated , the 6th of Fifth mo . " So , " the stricken father continues , " in rather less than two months , I have had to BIOGRAPHY OF JONATHAN DYMOND . XV .
... .; his son George , the 24th of Fourth mo .; and Jonathan Dymond , as already stated , the 6th of Fifth mo . " So , " the stricken father continues , " in rather less than two months , I have had to BIOGRAPHY OF JONATHAN DYMOND . XV .
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Jonathan Dymond. rather less than two months , I have had to experience the loss of three of my children , near and dear to me , not only by the ties of nature , but additionally so , as they were all of them eminently favored with the ...
Jonathan Dymond. rather less than two months , I have had to experience the loss of three of my children , near and dear to me , not only by the ties of nature , but additionally so , as they were all of them eminently favored with the ...
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... less obviously to have respect to the Divine * Dr. Price : Review of Principal Questions in Morals . Theory of Moral Sentiments . will , yet Dr. Clarke himself subsequently says , that CHAP . II ] . STANDARD OF RIGHT AND WRONG . .3 THE ...
... less obviously to have respect to the Divine * Dr. Price : Review of Principal Questions in Morals . Theory of Moral Sentiments . will , yet Dr. Clarke himself subsequently says , that CHAP . II ] . STANDARD OF RIGHT AND WRONG . .3 THE ...
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... less liable to suspicion in his motives . But , whilst we regard these testimonies , and such as these , as containing satisfactory evidence that the will of God is our moral law , the intelligent enquirer will perceive that many of the ...
... less liable to suspicion in his motives . But , whilst we regard these testimonies , and such as these , as containing satisfactory evidence that the will of God is our moral law , the intelligent enquirer will perceive that many of the ...
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... less . If a proposition is proved to be true , no contrary reasonings can show it to be false ; and yet it is neces- sary to refer to such reasonings , not indeed for the sake of the truth , but for the sake of those whose conduct it ...
... less . If a proposition is proved to be true , no contrary reasonings can show it to be false ; and yet it is neces- sary to refer to such reasonings , not indeed for the sake of the truth , but for the sake of those whose conduct it ...
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Page 65 - But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Page 127 - And it .came to pass, that as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
Page 167 - And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned...
Page 440 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 360 - For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
Page 74 - And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
Page 427 - 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 118 - But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage ? Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
Page 204 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths...
Page 191 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.