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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... follow on actions which give pleasure at the time ; e . g . , sickness follows intemperance . 2. These punishments ... follow crimes or vices in this life . But they follow with sufficient frequency to answer fully all the objections ...
... follow on actions which give pleasure at the time ; e . g . , sickness follows intemperance . 2. These punishments ... follow crimes or vices in this life . But they follow with sufficient frequency to answer fully all the objections ...
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... follow that we are also incompetent to judge of the dis- pensation of Revelation . And if of the whole , surely also of the parts , of the miraculous agencies , for example , by which it was attested and carried on . If the subject of ...
... follow that we are also incompetent to judge of the dis- pensation of Revelation . And if of the whole , surely also of the parts , of the miraculous agencies , for example , by which it was attested and carried on . If the subject of ...
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... follows that , although we may argue against other books from our own preconceived notions , it is im- possible to do so against the Holy Scriptures . In these we are not competent judges , as we are in the case of other books , what de ...
... follows that , although we may argue against other books from our own preconceived notions , it is im- possible to do so against the Holy Scriptures . In these we are not competent judges , as we are in the case of other books , what de ...
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... follows from this , that the question on which the truth of Christianity depends is , not what objections there are against its Scheme , but what objections can be raised against its Evidence , or , in other words , what is the worth of ...
... follows from this , that the question on which the truth of Christianity depends is , not what objections there are against its Scheme , but what objections can be raised against its Evidence , or , in other words , what is the worth of ...
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... follow vice as a Natural consequence in the next as in the present world . Further , it would be by no means certain how far these natural consequences could have been pre- vented consistently with the eternal rule of right : though ...
... follow vice as a Natural consequence in the next as in the present world . Further , it would be by no means certain how far these natural consequences could have been pre- vented consistently with the eternal rule of right : though ...
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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.