Familiar Lectures on Moral Philosophy, Band 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1818 |
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... rendered happy under a bad form , by the prudence and fidelity of those in whose hands the administration is intrusted , there is no reason to doubt that they might be made much more so , under a good one , with the same wise and ...
... rendered happy under a bad form , by the prudence and fidelity of those in whose hands the administration is intrusted , there is no reason to doubt that they might be made much more so , under a good one , with the same wise and ...
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... venerable attribute of the Supreme Being . If the difficulty of forming adequate conceptions of self - existence , eternity and infinity , which the finite nature of the human mind renders insurmountable , were allowed to be any 96.
... venerable attribute of the Supreme Being . If the difficulty of forming adequate conceptions of self - existence , eternity and infinity , which the finite nature of the human mind renders insurmountable , were allowed to be any 96.
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John Prior Estlin. human mind renders insurmountable , were allowed to be any just foundation for entertaining doubts respecting the existence of a Deity , ( and on this difficulty Atheism rests , ) on the same principles , our ignorance ...
John Prior Estlin. human mind renders insurmountable , were allowed to be any just foundation for entertaining doubts respecting the existence of a Deity , ( and on this difficulty Atheism rests , ) on the same principles , our ignorance ...
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... rendered habitual , cannot fail to answer the most valuable purposes , and to produce the most im- portant effects upon our temper and con- duct . In pointing out the effects which the consideration of the Eternity of God ought to have ...
... rendered habitual , cannot fail to answer the most valuable purposes , and to produce the most im- portant effects upon our temper and con- duct . In pointing out the effects which the consideration of the Eternity of God ought to have ...
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... render objects visible to His eye . He formed the sun , moon , and stars , and all the luminaries of Heaven . He lent them all their brightness , and though He should with- draw their light , He would continue to behold all things with ...
... render objects visible to His eye . He formed the sun , moon , and stars , and all the luminaries of Heaven . He lent them all their brightness , and though He should with- draw their light , He would continue to behold all things with ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 384 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.
Seite 138 - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For Thou, O Lord, art with me still : Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade.
Seite 146 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Seite 91 - But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Seite 129 - Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there : if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea ; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me," even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and...
Seite 145 - He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Seite 302 - But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do : for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them : for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
Seite 223 - Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness ; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
Seite 139 - I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Seite 148 - Which but to guess a Newton* made immortal? — If so, how each sage atom laughs at me, Who think a clod inferior to a man! If art to form, and counsel to conduct, And that with greater far than human skill, Resides not in each block, — a Godhead reigns.