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... become a rule of action which is equally obliging to every moral agent ; that is , to every agent capable of difcerning that difference ; and confequently ( in this fenfe of the diffe- [ 33 ] natural evil: fo that difference affords a ...
... become a rule of action which is equally obliging to every moral agent ; that is , to every agent capable of difcerning that difference ; and confequently ( in this fenfe of the diffe- [ 33 ] natural evil: fo that difference affords a ...
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... become as one of us , to know good and evil , & c . Here we fee , that Adam's difcern- ing faculty was fc far from being weakned and impaired , that , on the contrary , it is re- prefented as being rather improved by his tranfgreffion ...
... become as one of us , to know good and evil , & c . Here we fee , that Adam's difcern- ing faculty was fc far from being weakned and impaired , that , on the contrary , it is re- prefented as being rather improved by his tranfgreffion ...
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... becomes the proper object of God's mercy hereby , then it is that perfonal change in him , and that only , and not any thing which is done or fuffered in and by the perfon of another , which can , in reafon , be the ground of God's ...
... becomes the proper object of God's mercy hereby , then it is that perfonal change in him , and that only , and not any thing which is done or fuffered in and by the perfon of another , which can , in reafon , be the ground of God's ...
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... become only stalking - horfes to the paffion , and refent- ment of the lawgiver . And , * As to fin , when it is confidered abstract- edly from the finner , it is a mere empty ab- ftracted notion , and as fuch cannot be the object ...
... become only stalking - horfes to the paffion , and refent- ment of the lawgiver . And , * As to fin , when it is confidered abstract- edly from the finner , it is a mere empty ab- ftracted notion , and as fuch cannot be the object ...
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... become unreasonable , as when a man chufes to undergo great and du- rable pains himtelf , merely to procure a low degree of short - lived pleature to another ; in this cafe benevolence would be carried to an extream , and would be unfit ...
... become unreasonable , as when a man chufes to undergo great and du- rable pains himtelf , merely to procure a low degree of short - lived pleature to another ; in this cafe benevolence would be carried to an extream , and would be unfit ...
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Page 43 - I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
Page 122 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
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Page 68 - If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
Page 139 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Page 92 - Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Page 122 - But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, which owed him an hundred pence ; and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Page 122 - O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee?
Page 13 - And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment : and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.
Page 110 - If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them ; thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams : for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.