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... sometimes try to leave them . To live a day at a time , seems our present business ; without over anxiety for greater enjoyment or brighter prospects , in temporals or spirituals either . " On returning to his home at Exeter , he ...
... sometimes try to leave them . To live a day at a time , seems our present business ; without over anxiety for greater enjoyment or brighter prospects , in temporals or spirituals either . " On returning to his home at Exeter , he ...
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... sometimes pro- hibits what the law permits . CHAP . II . THE LAW OF NATURE .. 82 89 Its authority - Limits to its authority - Obligations resulting from the rights of nature - Incorrect ideas attached to the word nature . CHAP . III ...
... sometimes pro- hibits what the law permits . CHAP . II . THE LAW OF NATURE .. 82 89 Its authority - Limits to its authority - Obligations resulting from the rights of nature - Incorrect ideas attached to the word nature . CHAP . III ...
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... sometimes a cause ; nor can this be any subject of wonder when it is recollected in what manner many of our notions of right and wrong are acquired . From in- fancy , every one is placed in a sort of moral school , in which those with ...
... sometimes a cause ; nor can this be any subject of wonder when it is recollected in what manner many of our notions of right and wrong are acquired . From in- fancy , every one is placed in a sort of moral school , in which those with ...
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... sometimes erroneous guides of their conduct . Besides , the emotions are to be regu- lated and restrained ; which of itself intimates the necessity of a regulating and restraining , that is , of a superior power . To say we should act ...
... sometimes erroneous guides of their conduct . Besides , the emotions are to be regu- lated and restrained ; which of itself intimates the necessity of a regulating and restraining , that is , of a superior power . To say we should act ...
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... sometimes set aside the Divine law , because they sometimes cannot deduce , from both laws , the same rule of action . Thus there is induced a continual fluctuation and un- certainty both in principles and in practical rules : a ...
... sometimes set aside the Divine law , because they sometimes cannot deduce , from both laws , the same rule of action . Thus there is induced a continual fluctuation and un- certainty both in principles and in practical rules : a ...
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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.