The Works of William Paley, D.D.: Containing His Life, Moral and Political Philosophy, Evidences of Christianity, Natural Theology, Tracts, Horae Paulinae, Clergyman's Companion, and Sermons, Printed Verbatim from the Original Editions |
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... obligations which I owe to your Lordship's kindness been much less , or much fewer , than they are ; had personal gratitude left any place in my mind for deliberation or for inquiry ; in selecting a name which every reader might confess ...
... obligations which I owe to your Lordship's kindness been much less , or much fewer , than they are ; had personal gratitude left any place in my mind for deliberation or for inquiry ; in selecting a name which every reader might confess ...
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... obligations of civil life . The reader becomes impatient when he is detained by disquisitions which have no other object than the settling of terms and phrases ; and , what is worse , they for whose use such books are chiefly intended ...
... obligations of civil life . The reader becomes impatient when he is detained by disquisitions which have no other object than the settling of terms and phrases ; and , what is worse , they for whose use such books are chiefly intended ...
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... obligation : I mean the writings of the late Abraham Tuc- ker , Esq . part of which were published by himself , and ... obligations of man , in his individual and social capacity , " in the same book . I might allege , also , that the ...
... obligation : I mean the writings of the late Abraham Tuc- ker , Esq . part of which were published by himself , and ... obligations of man , in his individual and social capacity , " in the same book . I might allege , also , that the ...
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... obligation to prac- tise virtue , to do what is right , just , & c . was quite another thing , and of another kind , than the obligation which a soldier is under to obey his officer , a servant his master ; or any of the civil and ...
... obligation to prac- tise virtue , to do what is right , just , & c . was quite another thing , and of another kind , than the obligation which a soldier is under to obey his officer , a servant his master ; or any of the civil and ...
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... obligation ; unless they can show that virtue conducts the possessor to certain happiness in this life , or to a much greater share of it than he could at- tain by a different behaviour . To us there are two great questions : I. Will ...
... obligation ; unless they can show that virtue conducts the possessor to certain happiness in this life , or to a much greater share of it than he could at- tain by a different behaviour . To us there are two great questions : I. Will ...
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Page 242 - God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things, Judge of all men ; we acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, which we from time to time most grievously have committed, by thought, word, and deed, against thy Divine majesty, provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us. We do earnestly repent, and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings. The remembrance of them is grievous unto us; the burden of them is intolerable.
Page 242 - ... holy mysteries. And above all things ye must give most humble and hearty thanks to God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, for the redemption of the world by the death and passion of our Saviour Christ, both God and Man ; Who did humble Himself, even to the death upon the cross, for us miserable sinners, who lay in darkness and the shadow of death ; that He might make us the children of God, and exalt us to everlasting life.
Page 248 - I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight; that thou mightest be justified in thy saying, and clear when thou art judged. 5 Behold, I was shapen in wickedness, and in sin hath my mother conceived me. 6 But lo, thou requirest truth in the inward parts, and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly. 7 Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean ; thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may...
Page 196 - But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; so that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; and many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
Page 183 - I not glory, but in mine infirmities : for, though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool ; for I will say the truth. But now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me. And lest I should be exalted above measure, through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might...
Page 241 - But if a man, either by reason of extremity of sickness, or for want of warning in due time to the Curate, or for lack of company to receive with him, or by any other just impediment, do not receive the Sacrament of Christ's Body and Blood, the Curate shall instruct him, that if he do truly repent him of his sins, and stedfastly believe that Jesus Christ hath suffered death upon the Cross for him, and shed His Blood for his redemption, earnestly remembering the benefits he hath thereby...
Page 211 - Gentiles, and made their minds evil-affected against the brethren. Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands. But the multitude of the city was divided ; and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles. And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles and also of the Jews, with their rulers, to use them despitefully and to stone them, they were aware of it, and...
Page 378 - I KNOW not a more rash or unphilosophical conduct of the understanding than to reject the substance of a story by reason of some diversity in the circumstances with which it is related. The usual character of human testimony is substantial truth under circumstantial variety. This is what the daily experience of courts of justice teaches. When accounts of a transaction come from the mouths of different witnesses, it is seldom that it is not possible to pick out apparent or real inconsistencies between...
Page 304 - We have not received," saith Irenaeus, " the knowledge of the way of our salvation by any others than those by whom the gospel has been brought to us. Which gospel they first preached, and afterwards, by the will of God, committed to writing, that it might be for time to come the foundation and pillar of our faith.
Page 275 - But the short consideration which, independently of every other, convinces me that there is no solid foundation in Mr. Hume's conclusion, is the following: When a theorem is proposed to a mathematician, the first thing he does with it is to try it upon a simple case, and if it produce a false result, he is sure that there must be some mistake in the demonstration. Now to proceed in this way with what may be called Mr. Hume's theorem. If twelve men, whose probity and good sense I had long known, should...