The Works of William Paley, D.D.: The principles of moral and political philosophyJoshua Belcher, 1811 - Theology |
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... example to insinuate , that any popular opinion which your Lordship may have encountered , ought to be compared with transubstantiation , or that the assur- ance with which we reject that extravagant absurdi- ty is attainable in the ...
... example to insinuate , that any popular opinion which your Lordship may have encountered , ought to be compared with transubstantiation , or that the assur- ance with which we reject that extravagant absurdi- ty is attainable in the ...
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... example of many approved writers , who have treated de officiis hominis et civis , or , as some choose to express it , " of the rights and obligations of man , in his individual and social capacity , " in the same book . I might allege ...
... example of many approved writers , who have treated de officiis hominis et civis , or , as some choose to express it , " of the rights and obligations of man , in his individual and social capacity , " in the same book . I might allege ...
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... examples . For , this is the alternative : either the law must define beforehand and with precision the offences which it pun- ishes , or it must be left to the discretion of the magistrate , to determine upon each particular accusation ...
... examples . For , this is the alternative : either the law must define beforehand and with precision the offences which it pun- ishes , or it must be left to the discretion of the magistrate , to determine upon each particular accusation ...
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... examples are sub- joined ; not that these examples are the cases , much less all the cases which will actually occur , but by way only of explaining the principle of the rule , and as so many speci- mens of the method of applying it ...
... examples are sub- joined ; not that these examples are the cases , much less all the cases which will actually occur , but by way only of explaining the principle of the rule , and as so many speci- mens of the method of applying it ...
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... example , authority , education , sympathy , or habit ; whether , I say , such a one would feel , upon the relation ... examples of generosity , gratitude , fidelity , & c . and condemn the contrary , instantly , without deliberation ...
... example , authority , education , sympathy , or habit ; whether , I say , such a one would feel , upon the relation ... examples of generosity , gratitude , fidelity , & c . and condemn the contrary , instantly , without deliberation ...
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Page 312 - For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things, " that ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication, from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well.
Page 304 - This is that which the Lord hath said: 'Tomorrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord.' Bake that which ye will bake today, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over, lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
Page 303 - And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Page 313 - Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
Page 55 - For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
Page 51 - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the •' will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Page 192 - And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 286 - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Page 58 - His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
Page 313 - Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut, where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.