The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature: To which are Added, Two Brief Dissertations: on Personal Identity, and on the Nature of Virtue; and Fifteen SermonsH. G. Bohn, 1856 - 546 páginas |
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... doubt that it will triumph hereafter . We might easily fancy it triumphant even in this world , as would be the case in a perfectly virtuous state invested with universal do- minion . But it may be asked , " How has Virtue this tendency ...
... doubt that it will triumph hereafter . We might easily fancy it triumphant even in this world , as would be the case in a perfectly virtuous state invested with universal do- minion . But it may be asked , " How has Virtue this tendency ...
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... doubt concerning things of the utmost importance . And we do not know that any one by himself could , or if he could that he would , have reasoned out the whole system even of Natural Religion . Or , even if he could and would have done ...
... doubt concerning things of the utmost importance . And we do not know that any one by himself could , or if he could that he would , have reasoned out the whole system even of Natural Religion . Or , even if he could and would have done ...
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... doubt as to whether he had or had not received great benefits at the hand of another , his situation towards that person could not be the same as if he were certain that he had received no such benefits at all . And much more is this ...
... doubt as to whether he had or had not received great benefits at the hand of another , his situation towards that person could not be the same as if he were certain that he had received no such benefits at all . And much more is this ...
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... doubt and ignorance . It may possibly be objected here , that if a prince were to order his servant to do anything , he would take care to make his instruc- tions clear . To this objection we reply , that we cannot argue thus concerning ...
... doubt and ignorance . It may possibly be objected here , that if a prince were to order his servant to do anything , he would take care to make his instruc- tions clear . To this objection we reply , that we cannot argue thus concerning ...
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... doubt- less in a very disproportionate degree - which any one would feel from contemplating a perfect character in a creature , in which goodness , with wisdom and power , are supposed to be the pre- dominant qualities , with the ...
... doubt- less in a very disproportionate degree - which any one would feel from contemplating a perfect character in a creature , in which goodness , with wisdom and power , are supposed to be the pre- dominant qualities , with the ...
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actions analogy of nature answer appear appetites argument arise atheism Author of Nature Balaam behaviour benevolence Bishop Butler Butler cerning character Christianity common compassion concerning conscience consequences considered constitution of nature contrary course of nature creatures credible degree distinct distributive justice divine doubt duty evidence evil exercise external fact faculty final causes former future God's gratification happiness hath human nature ignorance implies injury instances interest judge justice kind laws ligion mankind manner matter means ment mind miracles misery Moab moral character moral government natural religion Necessity neighbour notion objections obligations observation occasion ourselves particular affection passion perfect persons plainly precepts present presumption principle proof prophecy racter reason reflection regard relation respect revelation rewards and punishments rience scheme Scripture self-love sense SERMON sidered speak suppose supposition temper tendency things thought tion truth vice virtue virtuous whole words
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Página 52 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than Heaven pursue. What blessings Thy free bounty gives, Let me not cast away; For God is paid when man receives, T
Página 530 - Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire in comparison of thee. My flesh and my heart faileth : but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Página 37 - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it, as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment...
Página 445 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, With calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Página 445 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God ? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
Página 134 - And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
Página 302 - And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee...
Página 107 - Because I have called, and ye refused ; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded : but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh...
Página 297 - And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths; for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Página 107 - Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.