The Works of William Paley ...: Comprising the Additional Volume of Sermons First Published in 1825, with a Memoir of His Life : Complete in Six Volumes, Volume 3Hilliard and Brown, 1830 - Sermons |
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... intentions . Mr Hume , in his fourth Appendix to his Principles of Mor- als , has been pleased to complain of the modern scheme of uni- ting Ethics with the Christian Theology . They who find themselves disposed to join in this ...
... intentions . Mr Hume , in his fourth Appendix to his Principles of Mor- als , has been pleased to complain of the modern scheme of uni- ting Ethics with the Christian Theology . They who find themselves disposed to join in this ...
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... intention , that the productions of the earth should be applied to the sustentation of human life . Consequently all waste and misapplication of these pro- ductions , is contrary to the divine intention and will ; and there- fore wrong ...
... intention , that the productions of the earth should be applied to the sustentation of human life . Consequently all waste and misapplication of these pro- ductions , is contrary to the divine intention and will ; and there- fore wrong ...
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... intention of God Almighty , we also deduce another conclusion , namely , that nothing ought to be made exclusive property , which can be conveniently enjoyed in com- mon . ' It is the general intention of God Almighty , that the pro ...
... intention of God Almighty , we also deduce another conclusion , namely , that nothing ought to be made exclusive property , which can be conveniently enjoyed in com- mon . ' It is the general intention of God Almighty , that the pro ...
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... intention of God that the produce of the earth be applied to the use of man : this intention cannot be fulfilled without establishing property ; which is consistent therefore with his will , that property be established . The land ...
... intention of God that the produce of the earth be applied to the use of man : this intention cannot be fulfilled without establishing property ; which is consistent therefore with his will , that property be established . The land ...
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... intention of the law , but the words ; that is , we plead a dead letter , which can signify nothing : for words without meaning or intention have no force or effect in justice , much less words taken contrary to the meaning and intention ...
... intention of the law , but the words ; that is , we plead a dead letter , which can signify nothing : for words without meaning or intention have no force or effect in justice , much less words taken contrary to the meaning and intention ...
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Page 217 - 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 194 - LOOKING UNTO JESUS THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH ; WHO FOR THE JOY THAT WAS SET BEFORE HIM ENDURED THE CROSS, DESPISING THE SHAME, AND IS SET DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE THRONE OF GOD. FOR CONSIDER HIM THAT ENDURED SUCH CONTRADICTION OF SINNERS AGAINST HIMSELF, LEST YE BE WEARIED AND FAINT IN YOUR MINDS.
Page 204 - 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 21 - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the •' will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Page 156 - Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Page 222 - And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched-out arm: therefore the LoRD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Page 222 - Six days shalt thou labour and do all thy work ; but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates...
Page 223 - 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 120 - And inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me...
Page 182 - Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.