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... manifestly design to injure us , and also select the most appropriate means for effecting their purpose ? And can we not connect such results with their actions , as shall influence their will , and prevent or excite the exercise of ...
... manifestly design to injure us , and also select the most appropriate means for effecting their purpose ? And can we not connect such results with their actions , as shall influence their will , and prevent or excite the exercise of ...
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... manifestly this tendency , must be wrong also . And here let me add , that the imagination of man is the fruitful parent both of virtue and vice . Thus saith the wise man , " Keep thy heart with all diligence , for out of it are the ...
... manifestly this tendency , must be wrong also . And here let me add , that the imagination of man is the fruitful parent both of virtue and vice . Thus saith the wise man , " Keep thy heart with all diligence , for out of it are the ...
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... manifestly , either the notion of the greatest amount of happiness , and the notion of right , must be equally exten- sive ; that is , must extend precisely to the same number of individual instances : or else their extent must be 38 ...
... manifestly , either the notion of the greatest amount of happiness , and the notion of right , must be equally exten- sive ; that is , must extend precisely to the same number of individual instances : or else their extent must be 38 ...
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... manifestly do not , instinctively and universally , as soon as this connection is asserted , yield our assent to it , nor is it absurd to deny it ; and , therefore , the assertion is capable of proof , and we may justly demand the proof ...
... manifestly do not , instinctively and universally , as soon as this connection is asserted , yield our assent to it , nor is it absurd to deny it ; and , therefore , the assertion is capable of proof , and we may justly demand the proof ...
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... manifestly tend : " Perhaps divine goodness , with which , if I mistake not , we make very free in our speculations , may not be a bare single disposition to produce happiness ; but a disposition to make the good , the faithful , the ...
... manifestly tend : " Perhaps divine goodness , with which , if I mistake not , we make very free in our speculations , may not be a bare single disposition to produce happiness ; but a disposition to make the good , the faithful , the ...
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Page 55 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly; if the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success : that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come.
Page 261 - Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Page 148 - He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Page 312 - Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives, while they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
Page 312 - Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 38 - 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 106 - I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory...
Page 56 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels trumpet-tongued against The deep damnation of his taking-off...
Page 185 - And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up : and as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
Page 81 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.