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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... suppose that I shall be able to effect any material change in your religious opinion , I trust I shall be able , in some degree , to show the reasons of mine ; and what is still more valuable , to show the public that a religious discus ...
... suppose that I shall be able to effect any material change in your religious opinion , I trust I shall be able , in some degree , to show the reasons of mine ; and what is still more valuable , to show the public that a religious discus ...
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... . If a future punishment be the truth of God , it is natural to suppose that it will meet with oppo- sition from the selfish feelings of the human heart ; while your scheme will be supported by the same feelings , 8 LETTER I.
... . If a future punishment be the truth of God , it is natural to suppose that it will meet with oppo- sition from the selfish feelings of the human heart ; while your scheme will be supported by the same feelings , 8 LETTER I.
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... . 34 . Gos . Visit . Vol . II . p . 187 . Lect . p . 78 . ** Aton . pp . 32 , 33 . + . Ib . p . 49 . Lectures , p . 74 . Lect . p . 369 . great inconsistency is to suppose that after people shall have LETTER II . LETTER II.
... . 34 . Gos . Visit . Vol . II . p . 187 . Lect . p . 78 . ** Aton . pp . 32 , 33 . + . Ib . p . 49 . Lectures , p . 74 . Lect . p . 369 . great inconsistency is to suppose that after people shall have LETTER II . LETTER II.
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... suppose that after people shall have ceased from all the sins enumerated in the text , and are in a constitution of existence where no such crimes can ever be committed , they are there to be tor- mented for what they did in this world ...
... suppose that after people shall have ceased from all the sins enumerated in the text , and are in a constitution of existence where no such crimes can ever be committed , they are there to be tor- mented for what they did in this world ...
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... suppose that an article thus important would be wrapt up in mystery to that degree , that not one in ten thou- sand can understand it ? The declaration , that man was first created in Christ , is to me utterly unintelligi- ble , and I ...
... suppose that an article thus important would be wrapt up in mystery to that degree , that not one in ten thou- sand can understand it ? The declaration , that man was first created in Christ , is to me utterly unintelligi- ble , and I ...
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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