Letters, Addressed to the Daughter of a Nobleman, on the Formation of Religious and Moral Principle, Band 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 |
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... society- Self - importance increased by flattery - Reli- gion offers a remedy for the evil - Selfishness- Allied to pride - Distinction between them-- Why selfishness is most openly displayed in the highest and lowest orders of society ...
... society- Self - importance increased by flattery - Reli- gion offers a remedy for the evil - Selfishness- Allied to pride - Distinction between them-- Why selfishness is most openly displayed in the highest and lowest orders of society ...
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... society , were strongly enforced , and in some in- stances eminently practised . You may perhaps imagine , that when reason had thus far advanced , those who made such distinguished use of her powers must doubtless have employed them to ...
... society , were strongly enforced , and in some in- stances eminently practised . You may perhaps imagine , that when reason had thus far advanced , those who made such distinguished use of her powers must doubtless have employed them to ...
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... society ? With respect to any state of ex- istence that is in its nature essentially different from the present state , we are no less incapable of forming any conception . All our arguments con- cerning it must therefore be futile and ...
... society ? With respect to any state of ex- istence that is in its nature essentially different from the present state , we are no less incapable of forming any conception . All our arguments con- cerning it must therefore be futile and ...
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... society , reason had been taught by ex- perience to appreciate them with tole- rable accuracy ; but it was no slight thing to have all that reason ascertain- ed concerning them confirmed by ex- press revelation . And as to the method ...
... society , reason had been taught by ex- perience to appreciate them with tole- rable accuracy ; but it was no slight thing to have all that reason ascertain- ed concerning them confirmed by ex- press revelation . And as to the method ...
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... society . Reason , the light of the soul , is from God : and by God are its decrees here confirmed , while , at the same time , additional light concerning the nature of the giver is bestowed ; not such light as opposes itself to that ...
... society . Reason , the light of the soul , is from God : and by God are its decrees here confirmed , while , at the same time , additional light concerning the nature of the giver is bestowed ; not such light as opposes itself to that ...
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Seite 57 - Now, therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people : for all the earth is mine : and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
Seite 61 - I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Seite 67 - In it thou shalt do no manner of work ; thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.
Seite 138 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, And the Lord shall reward thee.
Seite 78 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
Seite 180 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not...
Seite 104 - Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? 22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers...
Seite 77 - And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Seite 129 - Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
Seite 129 - Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.