Chubb's TractsT. Cox, 1732 |
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... rule of action to every moral agent . That is , as doing right is in nature better and therefore preferable to the doing wrong : fo this dif- ference will always be a reafon ( refulting from the nature of the thing ) to every mo- ral ...
... rule of action to every moral agent . That is , as doing right is in nature better and therefore preferable to the doing wrong : fo this dif- ference will always be a reafon ( refulting from the nature of the thing ) to every mo- ral ...
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... rule of action which is founded in , and refults from the natural and effen- tial difference in things : and all moral ob- ligations are nothing else , but the reasons refulting from that difference , why we should chufe to act this way ...
... rule of action which is founded in , and refults from the natural and effen- tial difference in things : and all moral ob- ligations are nothing else , but the reasons refulting from that difference , why we should chufe to act this way ...
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... actions by this rule . And , As there is a reafon or rule of action , which is equally obliging to every moral agent : fo from hence it will follow , that the reasonablenefs of an action , ought to determine the will of every rational ...
... actions by this rule . And , As there is a reafon or rule of action , which is equally obliging to every moral agent : fo from hence it will follow , that the reasonablenefs of an action , ought to determine the will of every rational ...
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... action or not . And therefore we fee that , not only the unreasonableness of an action , but all other motives which ... rule of action result- ing from that difference , which every mo ral agent is in reafon obliged to govern his ...
... action or not . And therefore we fee that , not only the unreasonableness of an action , but all other motives which ... rule of action result- ing from that difference , which every mo ral agent is in reafon obliged to govern his ...
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... rule of action which moral agents are to govern their behaviour by , is founded in reafon , and as fuch , it ought to be made the measure of our actions , whether God had given any threatnings or promifes con- G cerning cerning it or ...
... rule of action which moral agents are to govern their behaviour by , is founded in reafon , and as fuch , it ought to be made the measure of our actions , whether God had given any threatnings or promifes con- G cerning cerning it or ...
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Page 43 - I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
Page 122 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Page 138 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 68 - If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
Page 139 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Page 92 - Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Page 122 - But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, which owed him an hundred pence ; and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Page 122 - O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee?
Page 13 - And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment : and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.
Page 110 - If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them ; thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams : for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.