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... promises , .... Their intention and obligation ,. 284 284 When promises are not binding ,. 285 Of contracts ,. 287 CHAPTER THIRD . OF OATHS ,. 290 The theory of oaths , .. 290 Lawfulness of oaths ,. 292 Interpretation of oaths ,. 293 ...
... promises , .... Their intention and obligation ,. 284 284 When promises are not binding ,. 285 Of contracts ,. 287 CHAPTER THIRD . OF OATHS ,. 290 The theory of oaths , .. 290 Lawfulness of oaths ,. 292 Interpretation of oaths ,. 293 ...
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... promise , to reward abundantly all who call upon him , the utility of prayer , to creatures situated as we are , is ... promises favors in answer to prayer ; but prayer , as we have seen , is one of the most efficient means of pro ...
... promise , to reward abundantly all who call upon him , the utility of prayer , to creatures situated as we are , is ... promises favors in answer to prayer ; but prayer , as we have seen , is one of the most efficient means of pro ...
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... promise , or deny a pledge ; after which , it was their custom to separate , and meet again at a pro- miscuous and harmless meal . " It is needless here to remark the exact coincidence between this account from the pen of a heathen ...
... promise , or deny a pledge ; after which , it was their custom to separate , and meet again at a pro- miscuous and harmless meal . " It is needless here to remark the exact coincidence between this account from the pen of a heathen ...
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... promise , we voluntarily place ourselves under such a moral obligation . The law of ve- racity obliges us to fulfil it . This part of the subject includes promises and contracts . I. Of PROMISES . In every promise , two things are to be ...
... promise , we voluntarily place ourselves under such a moral obligation . The law of ve- racity obliges us to fulfil it . This part of the subject includes promises and contracts . I. Of PROMISES . In every promise , two things are to be ...
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... promise , will , however , vary with the circumstances under which the promise was made . If I knew nothing of the impossibility , and honestly ex- pressed an intention which I designed to fulfil , I am , at the bar of conscience ...
... promise , will , however , vary with the circumstances under which the promise was made . If I knew nothing of the impossibility , and honestly ex- pressed an intention which I designed to fulfil , I am , at the bar of conscience ...
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Page 106 - Verily I say unto you ; There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.
Page 259 - 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 369 - It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes ; 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice.
Page 146 - He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Page 36 - 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 54 - To plague the inventor ; this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips.
Page 104 - 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 181 - Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates...
Page 183 - 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 79 - 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.