Discourse on the Rectitude of Human NatureW. Crosby and H. P. Nichols, 1850 - 409 pages |
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... expression , then , so far from prov- ing human nature , as a whole , to be on the side of evil , proves precisely the reverse . In sin , it is in a state of slavery . " For that This is confirmed by the next sentence , which I do , I ...
... expression , then , so far from prov- ing human nature , as a whole , to be on the side of evil , proves precisely the reverse . In sin , it is in a state of slavery . " For that This is confirmed by the next sentence , which I do , I ...
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... expressions . Allowance , there- fore , must always be made for imaginative and rhetorical language . This precaution is especially necessary in deducing religious doctrines from the Bible . There is scarcely any thing , however ...
... expressions . Allowance , there- fore , must always be made for imaginative and rhetorical language . This precaution is especially necessary in deducing religious doctrines from the Bible . There is scarcely any thing , however ...
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... expressions , we should be led to believe that he considered the Jewish dispensa- tion a positive injury to the world , that its only effect had been to increase human guilt . " Because the law work- eth wrath , for where no law is ...
... expressions , we should be led to believe that he considered the Jewish dispensa- tion a positive injury to the world , that its only effect had been to increase human guilt . " Because the law work- eth wrath , for where no law is ...
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... expression or declaration of the impression that outward things make upon the senses of man , and upon the moral nature within , and of the results of reflection upon them . There is a corre- spondence among all languages , because ...
... expression or declaration of the impression that outward things make upon the senses of man , and upon the moral nature within , and of the results of reflection upon them . There is a corre- spondence among all languages , because ...
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... expression . It may mean the evil of actual or of original sin . With the evil of original sin we have nothing to do . It is wholly indifferent whether we appreciate it more or less , as no opinion of ours will make it greater or less ...
... expression . It may mean the evil of actual or of original sin . With the evil of original sin we have nothing to do . It is wholly indifferent whether we appreciate it more or less , as no opinion of ours will make it greater or less ...
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Page 160 - That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world...
Page 352 - So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Page 163 - For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles; but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
Page 283 - And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
Page 235 - The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Page 117 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves. Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing, or else excusing one another), in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
Page 40 - FOR I KNOW THAT IN ME (THAT is, IN MY FLESH) DWELLETH NO GOOD THING: FOR TO WILL is PRESENT WITH ME ; BUT HOW TO PERFORM THAT WHICH IS GOOD, I FIND NOT.
Page 315 - Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 112 - Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God hath showed it unto them. For the invisible things of him, from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his Eternal Power and God-head, so that they are without excuse...
Page 402 - Sirs, why do ye these things ? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein : who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.