Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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... tend both to secure and advance the general welfare . In excuse for the number and length of the quotations may be alleged the opinion of some competent judges , who have thought , that every book should contain as few bare references ...
... tend both to secure and advance the general welfare . In excuse for the number and length of the quotations may be alleged the opinion of some competent judges , who have thought , that every book should contain as few bare references ...
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... tends to obviate these petty evils , highly deserves the attention of every one who either values his own quiet or that of others . On this account civility is an object of important consideration , as it serves to prevent those minute ...
... tends to obviate these petty evils , highly deserves the attention of every one who either values his own quiet or that of others . On this account civility is an object of important consideration , as it serves to prevent those minute ...
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... , this scheme of direction , as more likely to be abused to the stupifying of conscience , than improved to the relief of groundless scrupulosity . Secondly : That excess of liberty which tends so much 64 1 Liberty in relation [ PART 1 .
... , this scheme of direction , as more likely to be abused to the stupifying of conscience , than improved to the relief of groundless scrupulosity . Secondly : That excess of liberty which tends so much 64 1 Liberty in relation [ PART 1 .
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Ely Bates. Secondly : That excess of liberty which tends so much to vitiate the will , and to produce anxious suspense , no less tends to deprave the passions , and augment their natural violence , which must often end in bitter ...
Ely Bates. Secondly : That excess of liberty which tends so much to vitiate the will , and to produce anxious suspense , no less tends to deprave the passions , and augment their natural violence , which must often end in bitter ...
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... tend to individual and general good . Whether any people was ever placed precisely in this happy mediocrity , or whe- ther it is an effect within the reach of human policy , may fairly be questioned . It is however certain , that in the ...
... tend to individual and general good . Whether any people was ever placed precisely in this happy mediocrity , or whe- ther it is an effect within the reach of human policy , may fairly be questioned . It is however certain , that in the ...
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