A Series of Letters Addressed to Rev. Hosea Ballou, of Boston: Being a Vindication of the Doctrine of a Future Retribution Against the Principal Arguments Used by Him, Mr. Balfour, and Others |
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... cause , and evinces to the world that he is governed by unchristian feelings , and is contending for mastery rather than truth . But if controversy is properly con- ducted , it is nothing more than free and rational dis- cussion ...
... cause , and evinces to the world that he is governed by unchristian feelings , and is contending for mastery rather than truth . But if controversy is properly con- ducted , it is nothing more than free and rational dis- cussion ...
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... cause we are laboring to support . These remarks , I think , will strike you as self - evident truths . The success of any cause depends much upon the course pursued by its public advocates . And , although I can say with pleasure that ...
... cause we are laboring to support . These remarks , I think , will strike you as self - evident truths . The success of any cause depends much upon the course pursued by its public advocates . And , although I can say with pleasure that ...
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... cause of the person who uses them . Every thing of this nature I shall endeavour to avoid . But if , in the ardor of debate , the writer should unfortunately adopt them , it is freely acknow- ledged that it would not redound to his ...
... cause of the person who uses them . Every thing of this nature I shall endeavour to avoid . But if , in the ardor of debate , the writer should unfortunately adopt them , it is freely acknow- ledged that it would not redound to his ...
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... cause . I trust you will not attempt to support your side of the question by asserting that the scriptures are silent upon future punishment ; for this is only preparing a weapon for yourself . This is the popular defence which is set ...
... cause . I trust you will not attempt to support your side of the question by asserting that the scriptures are silent upon future punishment ; for this is only preparing a weapon for yourself . This is the popular defence which is set ...
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... cause by refusing to advance evidence in favor of my side of the question , and you would betray the same weakness by refusing to do the same on your part . I hope there- fore I shall not be told that the burden of proof ought to be ...
... cause by refusing to advance evidence in favor of my side of the question , and you would betray the same weakness by refusing to do the same on your part . I hope there- fore I shall not be told that the burden of proof ought to be ...
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Page 180 - And I say unto you, my friends, be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do: but 1 will forewarn you whom ye shall fear. Fear him, which after he hath killed, hath power to cast, into hell; yea, 1 say unto you, fear him.
Page 186 - I say unto you, my friends, be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that, have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear. Fear him which, after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, fear him.
Page 238 - Know ye not," says he, "that they which run in a race, run all, but one receiveth the prize ? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery, is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
Page 78 - Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind, for he that hath suffered in the flesh, hath ceased from sin, that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh, to the lusts of men, but to the will of
Page 199 - There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and tared sumptuously every day: and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table : moreover the dogs
Page 19 - God created great whales and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Page 211 - And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and they derided him. And he said unto them, ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts ; for that which is highly esteemed among men, is abomination in the sight of God.
Page 134 - And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell; for if the mighty works which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than
Page 229 - He that despised Moses' law, died withoutmercy under two or three witnesses ; of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite to the Spirit of
Page 268 - And Jesus answering, said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage ; but they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage; neither can they die any more ; for they are equal to the angels ; and are the children of