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... equals ; omitting such as relate to the Supreme Being , as well as those which we owe to our inferiors . For which reason , profaneness , neglect of public worship , or private devotion , cruelty to servants , rigorous treatment of ten ...
... equals ; omitting such as relate to the Supreme Being , as well as those which we owe to our inferiors . For which reason , profaneness , neglect of public worship , or private devotion , cruelty to servants , rigorous treatment of ten ...
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... equal : but let a change of place , fortune , or situation , separate the companion from his circle , his visitors , his club , common room , or coffee- house , and the difference and advantage in the choice and con- stitution of the ...
... equal : but let a change of place , fortune , or situation , separate the companion from his circle , his visitors , his club , common room , or coffee- house , and the difference and advantage in the choice and con- stitution of the ...
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... equal concern in the future as in the present . The four CARDINAL virtues are , -prudence , fortitude , tempe- rance , and justice . But the division of Virtue , to which we are now - a - days most accustomed , is into duties ...
... equal concern in the future as in the present . The four CARDINAL virtues are , -prudence , fortitude , tempe- rance , and justice . But the division of Virtue , to which we are now - a - days most accustomed , is into duties ...
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... equal and impartial rules , by which God will deal with his creatures ? They will then become examples , whatever they be now ; and require the same treatment from the Judge and Governor of the moral world , as if they had been detected ...
... equal and impartial rules , by which God will deal with his creatures ? They will then become examples , whatever they be now ; and require the same treatment from the Judge and Governor of the moral world , as if they had been detected ...
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... equal share of the produce . The same is true of the care of flocks and herds of tame animals . Crabs and acorns , red deer , rabbits , gáme , and fish , are all we should have to subsist upon , if we trusted to the spontaneous pro ...
... equal share of the produce . The same is true of the care of flocks and herds of tame animals . Crabs and acorns , red deer , rabbits , gáme , and fish , are all we should have to subsist upon , if we trusted to the spontaneous pro ...
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Page 214 - See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
Page 69 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 218 - And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm. Therefore, the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Page 249 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake : whether it be to the king, as supreme ; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by Him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 214 - Tomorrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath unto the Lord ; bake that which ye will bake today, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
Page 135 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I -will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore If thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou sha.lt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Page 136 - And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 41 - His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: 27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
Page 201 - Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
Page 131 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled ; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?