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... truth ; whatsoever things are true . He assumes the inherent rectitude of veracity , its indispensable and eternal obligation , and enjoins upon his read- ers to cultivate a spirit that shall reverence and exemplify this obligation in ...
... truth ; whatsoever things are true . He assumes the inherent rectitude of veracity , its indispensable and eternal obligation , and enjoins upon his read- ers to cultivate a spirit that shall reverence and exemplify this obligation in ...
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... truth , essentially considered , which commends it to the moral approbation of the species . It is to be regretted that philosophers , in com- menting upon the obligation of veracity , have not paid sufficient attention to the habit or ...
... truth , essentially considered , which commends it to the moral approbation of the species . It is to be regretted that philosophers , in com- menting upon the obligation of veracity , have not paid sufficient attention to the habit or ...
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... obligation of veracity , in the ordinary intercourse and business of life , can be established , which will not equally apply to the doctrine in question . Whatever evinces the wickedness and sin of voluntarily imposing upon others ...
... obligation of veracity , in the ordinary intercourse and business of life , can be established , which will not equally apply to the doctrine in question . Whatever evinces the wickedness and sin of voluntarily imposing upon others ...
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... veracity . The second branch of practical truth re- quires that our actions ... veracity ; but faithfulness is evidently a mixed virtue , combining the elements of ... obligation of veracity , but from the specific obligation , which ...
... veracity . The second branch of practical truth re- quires that our actions ... veracity ; but faithfulness is evidently a mixed virtue , combining the elements of ... obligation of veracity , but from the specific obligation , which ...
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... obligation of veracity . Paley resolves them into contract . * " A lie , " says he , " is a breach of promise : for whoever seriously addresses his discourse to another , * Moral and Political Philosophy . - Book iii . Chap . 5 ...
... obligation of veracity . Paley resolves them into contract . * " A lie , " says he , " is a breach of promise : for whoever seriously addresses his discourse to another , * Moral and Political Philosophy . - Book iii . Chap . 5 ...
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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".