Christian Morality: Sermons on the Principles of Morality Inculcated in the Holy Scriptures, in Their Application to the Present Condition of SocietyLeonard C. Bowles, 1833 - 336 pages |
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... knowledge , for correcting error or revealing truth , for lightening affliction , or increasing enjoyment , for smoothing life's asperities , or surmounting its diffi- culties ; or for incidental or general benevolence , or for that ...
... knowledge , for correcting error or revealing truth , for lightening affliction , or increasing enjoyment , for smoothing life's asperities , or surmounting its diffi- culties ; or for incidental or general benevolence , or for that ...
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... knowledge of a man's own interest , in the purest and highest acceptation of the term , would determine his will to perfect goodness . The relative importance of different kinds of knowledge should be accurately estimated . This would ...
... knowledge of a man's own interest , in the purest and highest acceptation of the term , would determine his will to perfect goodness . The relative importance of different kinds of knowledge should be accurately estimated . This would ...
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... knowledge till they come , or who even oppose to them a positive resist- ance . So acceptable to Providence is even this humblest kind of merit , even the non - opposition to instruction , that the relative positions of teacher and ...
... knowledge till they come , or who even oppose to them a positive resist- ance . So acceptable to Providence is even this humblest kind of merit , even the non - opposition to instruction , that the relative positions of teacher and ...
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... knowledge , for the means of its rapid diffusion , and of the discussion of all its facts and principles , i . e . , the consequences of the inven- tion of printing , is another novelty since those days ; these are differences which ...
... knowledge , for the means of its rapid diffusion , and of the discussion of all its facts and principles , i . e . , the consequences of the inven- tion of printing , is another novelty since those days ; these are differences which ...
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... knowledge . ' And so he perceived that the laws given by Moses had an ulterior object far higher than that of merely enforc- ing certain ceremonies , and preventing others from being performed : he saw that they had a tendency to affect ...
... knowledge . ' And so he perceived that the laws given by Moses had an ulterior object far higher than that of merely enforc- ing certain ceremonies , and preventing others from being performed : he saw that they had a tendency to affect ...
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Page 285 - Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations : that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ...
Page 35 - And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? 18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
Page 225 - And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying ; Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints; who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name ? for thou only art holy ; for all nations shall come and worship before thee ; for thy judgments are made manifest.
Page 288 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Page 284 - Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us...
Page 198 - For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Page 112 - No — man is dear to man ; the poorest poor Long for some moments in a weary life •' When they can know and feel that they have been, Themselves, the fathers and the dealers out Of some small blessings ; have been kind to such As needed kindness, for this single cause, That we have all of us one human heart.
Page 52 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the Prophets.
Page 97 - For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Page 145 - A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.