Your obligation to obey this law, is its being the law of your nature. That your conscience approves of and attests to such a course of action, is itself alone an obligation. Conscience does not only offer itself to show us the way we should walk in,... Fifteen Sermons Preached at the Rolls Chapel - Page 39by Joseph Butler - 1726 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
| Joseph Butler - 1820 - 566 pages
...punifhments which we feel, and thofe which from the light of reafon we have ground to believe, are annexed to it. The queftion then carries its own anfwer along...obligation. Confcience does not only offer itfelf to mow us the way we fhould walk in, but it likewife carries its own authority with it, that it is our... | |
| 1903 - 412 pages
...light of reason we have ground to believe are annexed to it. The question then carries its own answer along with it. Your obligation to obey this law is its being the law of your nature. That your conscience approves of and attests to such an action is itself alone an obligation. Conscience does... | |
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