Elements of Moral Philosophy and of Christian Ethics, Volume 1J. Duncan, 1826 - Christian ethics |
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... universe of matter but shapeless magnitude , without the living spirit of such a Being to beautify and arrange it , or without the existence of intelli- gences capable of deriving pleasure from the view B of its varied aspects of ...
... universe of matter but shapeless magnitude , without the living spirit of such a Being to beautify and arrange it , or without the existence of intelli- gences capable of deriving pleasure from the view B of its varied aspects of ...
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... universe . He can perceive in the constitution of the human mind - in the balance which is established between its intellectual and moral powers , in the admirable adaptation of its various tendencies to the circumstances with which it ...
... universe . He can perceive in the constitution of the human mind - in the balance which is established between its intellectual and moral powers , in the admirable adaptation of its various tendencies to the circumstances with which it ...
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... universe conducts his operations . We then place ourselves in the very attitude of scholars , prepared to receive all the communications of eternal wisdom : and our reason can never be more nobly employed , nor exercised more agreeably ...
... universe conducts his operations . We then place ourselves in the very attitude of scholars , prepared to receive all the communications of eternal wisdom : and our reason can never be more nobly employed , nor exercised more agreeably ...
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... to maintain that there is nothing but matter in the universe . We smile at the ancient chemists who were accustomed to ex plain all the mysteries of nature , and of religion 30 On the Moral Qualifications necessary [ INTRO .
... to maintain that there is nothing but matter in the universe . We smile at the ancient chemists who were accustomed to ex plain all the mysteries of nature , and of religion 30 On the Moral Qualifications necessary [ INTRO .
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... universe . When we denominate such a fact by the term law , it is understood that we refer it to the appointment of God . 2. The word nature merits our notice , on account of the frequency of its occurrence , and the extreme vagueness ...
... universe . When we denominate such a fact by the term law , it is understood that we refer it to the appointment of God . 2. The word nature merits our notice , on account of the frequency of its occurrence , and the extreme vagueness ...
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