Discourse on the Rectitude of Human NatureW. Crosby and H. P. Nichols, 1850 - 409 pages |
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... happiness hereafter . If every hu- man soul come from the hand of God pure as was Adam , without , indeed , any decided character , but capa- ble of virtue and holiness , though exposed to temptation and sin , then the training for ...
... happiness hereafter . If every hu- man soul come from the hand of God pure as was Adam , without , indeed , any decided character , but capa- ble of virtue and holiness , though exposed to temptation and sin , then the training for ...
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... happiness of virtue . Suffering and enjoyment are , as it were , the reins on the right hand and on the left by which our Almighty Father directs the free soul of man along the path of virtue and up the steep of holiness to eternal ...
... happiness of virtue . Suffering and enjoyment are , as it were , the reins on the right hand and on the left by which our Almighty Father directs the free soul of man along the path of virtue and up the steep of holiness to eternal ...
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... happiness , merely as human beings . Persons who now exist , of whom we only hear , persons who have existed , of whom we only read , we are glad to learn of them as being in ease and enjoyment . If we have knowledge of them as ...
... happiness , merely as human beings . Persons who now exist , of whom we only hear , persons who have existed , of whom we only read , we are glad to learn of them as being in ease and enjoyment . If we have knowledge of them as ...
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... happiness of the sensitive creation depends upon this adaptation . The atmosphere , the fields and woods , the ground and the waters , are the elements in which the different tribes of animals live , and move , and have their being . To ...
... happiness of the sensitive creation depends upon this adaptation . The atmosphere , the fields and woods , the ground and the waters , are the elements in which the different tribes of animals live , and move , and have their being . To ...
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... happiness he enjoys is an unseen demonstration of the goodness of God , who thus would fill up every corner of his universe with the creatures of his power and the objects of his benignity . Their contentment with their element is the ...
... happiness he enjoys is an unseen demonstration of the goodness of God , who thus would fill up every corner of his universe with the creatures of his power and the objects of his benignity . Their contentment with their element is the ...
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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.