Examination of the Passages in the New Testament, Quoted from the Old and Called Prophecies Concerning Jesus Christ: To which is Prefixed, An Essay on Dream, Shewing by what Operation of the Mind a Dream is Produced in Sleep, and Applying the Same to the Account of Dreams in the New Testament; with an Appendix Containing My Private Thoughts of a Future State, and Remarks on the Contradictory Doctrine in the Books of Matthew and Mark, Temas1-9 |
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It is the solution therefore of this important question alone that can ascertain the
moral characteristic of God , and upon that only must all human virtue eternally
depend . If there ' s a power above us , ( And that there is all nature cries aloud ...
It is the solution therefore of this important question alone that can ascertain the
moral characteristic of God , and upon that only must all human virtue eternally
depend . If there ' s a power above us , ( And that there is all nature cries aloud ...
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Various have been the opinions of various authors on this criterion of virtue ; and
this variety has rendered that doubtful , which must otherwise have been clear
and manifest to the meanest capacity . Some indeed have denied that there is
any ...
Various have been the opinions of various authors on this criterion of virtue ; and
this variety has rendered that doubtful , which must otherwise have been clear
and manifest to the meanest capacity . Some indeed have denied that there is
any ...
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But this impeaches not the truth of the criterion of virtue before mentioned , the
only solid foundation on which any true system of ethics can be built , the only
plain , simple , and uniform rule by which we can pass any judgment on our
actions ...
But this impeaches not the truth of the criterion of virtue before mentioned , the
only solid foundation on which any true system of ethics can be built , the only
plain , simple , and uniform rule by which we can pass any judgment on our
actions ...
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But since some test of our obedience was necessary , nothing sure could have
been commanded for that end so fit and proper , and at the same time so useful ,
as the practice of virtue ; nothing have been so justly rewarded with happiness ...
But since some test of our obedience was necessary , nothing sure could have
been commanded for that end so fit and proper , and at the same time so useful ,
as the practice of virtue ; nothing have been so justly rewarded with happiness ...
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ed scriptute , I cannot omit observing , that the christian is the only religious or
moral institution in the world that ever set in a right light these two material points
, the essence and the end of virtue ; that ever founded the one in the production
of ...
ed scriptute , I cannot omit observing , that the christian is the only religious or
moral institution in the world that ever set in a right light these two material points
, the essence and the end of virtue ; that ever founded the one in the production
of ...
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Página 1 - And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee: and he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, "He shall be called a Nazarene.
Página 213 - For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb : and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men : and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it...
Página 22 - For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven ; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble ; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Página 9 - He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and -the isles shall wait for his law.
Página 13 - Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels ? But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be...
Página 13 - In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me. But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.
Página 205 - And kill them wherever ye find them, and turn them out of that whereof they have dispossessed you ; for temptation to idolatry is more grievous than slaughter : yet fight not against them in the holy temple, until they attack you therein ; but if they attack you, slay them there.
Página 43 - Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun...
Página 84 - Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
Página 18 - Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas...