New Family Library ...T. Affleck, 1834 - Apologetics |
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... happiness , and particularly of that moral excellence , which even in this life , approximates the rational creature to its highest attainable perfection ; here too are the securities , and the only effective securities , of every ...
... happiness , and particularly of that moral excellence , which even in this life , approximates the rational creature to its highest attainable perfection ; here too are the securities , and the only effective securities , of every ...
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... happiness suited to their natures , -man can exist in all its regions , not only in the temperate zones , but under the line , and within the polar circles . To have been either nearer the sun , or more distant , it must have had an ...
... happiness suited to their natures , -man can exist in all its regions , not only in the temperate zones , but under the line , and within the polar circles . To have been either nearer the sun , or more distant , it must have had an ...
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... happiest effect , we shall not enter into a long induction of particulars . Let the appeal be to the few following facts . 1. The manifold use to which the single law of gravitation is applied . Suppose gravity essential to matter ...
... happiest effect , we shall not enter into a long induction of particulars . Let the appeal be to the few following facts . 1. The manifold use to which the single law of gravitation is applied . Suppose gravity essential to matter ...
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... happiness , is an inquiry which can nowise affect either what has been stated or what remains to be advanced . If the atheist will grant an omnipotent Being , we will grant that no limits can be set to his power but by the necessary ...
... happiness , is an inquiry which can nowise affect either what has been stated or what remains to be advanced . If the atheist will grant an omnipotent Being , we will grant that no limits can be set to his power but by the necessary ...
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... happiness , may have been superinduced by the conduct of free agents . Such agents there are , and such , supposing a Deity , must be responsible ; in virtue of this responsibility , again , if they shall err and become immoral , their ...
... happiness , may have been superinduced by the conduct of free agents . Such agents there are , and such , supposing a Deity , must be responsible ; in virtue of this responsibility , again , if they shall err and become immoral , their ...
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Page 376 - And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation ; and not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
Page 376 - Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
Page 127 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? Or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Page 364 - For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son ; that all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father.
Page 363 - Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven ; which things the angels desire to look into.
Page 461 - The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, Where their voice is not heard.
Page 416 - It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Page 229 - Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes ; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Page 256 - Or, perhaps, divine goodness, with which, if I mistake not, we make very free in our speculations, may not be a bare single disposition to produce happiness ; but a disposition to make the good, the faithful, the honest man, happy.
Page 262 - Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.