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... when he puts his aged parents to death . Here our depravity exerts its power ; it is a constant temptation to pervert the original principle of right , to make light dark- ness , and darkness light . It is here , 18 THE ETHICAL SYSTEM.
... when he puts his aged parents to death . Here our depravity exerts its power ; it is a constant temptation to pervert the original principle of right , to make light dark- ness , and darkness light . It is here , 18 THE ETHICAL SYSTEM.
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... ness and integrity - they illustrate its appli- cation by description and example - they in- dicate the prejudices which are likely to per- vert us , and signalize the spirit which will always ensure obedience . By the infallibility of ...
... ness and integrity - they illustrate its appli- cation by description and example - they in- dicate the prejudices which are likely to per- vert us , and signalize the spirit which will always ensure obedience . By the infallibility of ...
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... ? Philosophy can only dissect consciousness , and conscious- ness can only reveal to us the primitive cog- nitions of the moral faculty , which the consti- tution of our nature compels to accept as the criteria 38 THE ETHICAL SYSTEM.
... ? Philosophy can only dissect consciousness , and conscious- ness can only reveal to us the primitive cog- nitions of the moral faculty , which the consti- tution of our nature compels to accept as the criteria 38 THE ETHICAL SYSTEM.
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... numberless . manifestations ; the same is true of joy ; and there may be a temper or tone of mind in which all virtuous activities are united . To illustrate the all - pervading influence of holi- ness as 40 THE ETHICAL SYSTEM.
... numberless . manifestations ; the same is true of joy ; and there may be a temper or tone of mind in which all virtuous activities are united . To illustrate the all - pervading influence of holi- ness as 40 THE ETHICAL SYSTEM.
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... ness as a nature , the Scriptures employ the striking analogy of life . When we ask the question what is life , we soon become sen- sible that we are dealing with a subject that eludes the capacity of thought . We cannot seize it in ...
... ness as a nature , the Scriptures employ the striking analogy of life . When we ask the question what is life , we soon become sen- sible that we are dealing with a subject that eludes the capacity of thought . We cannot seize it in ...
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Page 284 - When he slew them, then they sought him ; and they returned and inquired early after God, and they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
Page 172 - But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Page 75 - ... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.
Page 269 - When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Page 253 - And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
Page 281 - ... remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Page 268 - When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
Page 99 - Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven ? or who shall descend into the deep ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is the word of faith which we preach, that if thou shall confess with thy mouth the.
Page 244 - A cup of cold water given to a disciple, in the name of a disciple, shall not lose its reward...
Page 33 - Scotch catechism says that man's chief end is "to glorify God and enjoy Him forever".