Discourses on Various SubjectsD. Felt & Company, 1835 - 299 sidor |
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... in fact , the only true view of human nature ? Are they not conformable to the universal sense of mankind , and to the whole tenor and spirit of our religion ? Whenever the human character is pourtrayed in colors altogether dark.
... in fact , the only true view of human nature ? Are they not conformable to the universal sense of mankind , and to the whole tenor and spirit of our religion ? Whenever the human character is pourtrayed in colors altogether dark.
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... whole heart of society . Why should any one say , it is not a feeling ; that it is conscience ; that it is mere approbation . It is a feeling , if any thing is . There is intense interest ; there are tears , to testify that it is a ...
... whole heart of society . Why should any one say , it is not a feeling ; that it is conscience ; that it is mere approbation . It is a feeling , if any thing is . There is intense interest ; there are tears , to testify that it is a ...
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... whole nations ? What a disinterested testimony is this to the charms of virtue ! What evidence that men feel those charms , though they may not be won by them to virtuous lives ! The national songs of a people do not embrace cold ...
... whole nations ? What a disinterested testimony is this to the charms of virtue ! What evidence that men feel those charms , though they may not be won by them to virtuous lives ! The national songs of a people do not embrace cold ...
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... in this world , the common , result of moral freedom . It has been argued , I know , that what is common , is natural ; and grant that too . But sin , we believe , is not common in the whole moral universe DISCOURSE III . 45.
... in this world , the common , result of moral freedom . It has been argued , I know , that what is common , is natural ; and grant that too . But sin , we believe , is not common in the whole moral universe DISCOURSE III . 45.
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... whole work ; but would that be the natural course of things ; the result for which the fabric was made ? So passion , not in its natural state , but still natural passion , in its unnatural state of excess and fury , may spread disor ...
... whole work ; but would that be the natural course of things ; the result for which the fabric was made ? So passion , not in its natural state , but still natural passion , in its unnatural state of excess and fury , may spread disor ...
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Sida 229 - And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time ; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Sida 292 - Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; a land of darkness, as darkness itself, and of the shadow of death, without any order and where the light is as darkness.
Sida 221 - But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil...
Sida 174 - And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear...
Sida 240 - He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Sida 296 - But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
Sida 283 - By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Sida 256 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they ? with the years beyond the flood.
Sida 63 - It is profitable for the life that now is, and for that which is to come.
Sida 9 - Thou hast ordained ; what is man, that Thou art mindful of him ? and the son of man, that Thou visitest him ? For Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet...