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Page 54
... doubt that the goodness of all laws depends upon their intrinsic rectitude and benevolent influence . " The hand of time has been passing over the mighty fabric of human laws for four thousand years ; " and yet little has been added to ...
... doubt that the goodness of all laws depends upon their intrinsic rectitude and benevolent influence . " The hand of time has been passing over the mighty fabric of human laws for four thousand years ; " and yet little has been added to ...
Page 62
... doubt occurred to the intelligent reader of the Mosaic law , that there is a series of tender and sentimental injunctions , the design of which was to form the moral sensibilities of the Hebrews by a standard at once the most refined ...
... doubt occurred to the intelligent reader of the Mosaic law , that there is a series of tender and sentimental injunctions , the design of which was to form the moral sensibilities of the Hebrews by a standard at once the most refined ...
Page 71
... doubts that , as the law of individual and private revenge , it is wrong . It is in this view , and only in this view , that it is condemned by the Saviour , and superseded by the injunction , " Resist not evil . " No man may take the ...
... doubts that , as the law of individual and private revenge , it is wrong . It is in this view , and only in this view , that it is condemned by the Saviour , and superseded by the injunction , " Resist not evil . " No man may take the ...
Page 73
... doubt that many succeeding ages , as well as those that were contem- poraneous , were deeply indebted to the Mosaic insti- tutions . Dr. Graves , in his admirable lectures on the Pentateuch , says , that " the Mosaic code must have been ...
... doubt that many succeeding ages , as well as those that were contem- poraneous , were deeply indebted to the Mosaic insti- tutions . Dr. Graves , in his admirable lectures on the Pentateuch , says , that " the Mosaic code must have been ...
Page 85
... doubt , why God left them wandering forty years in the desert of Arabia , was that the various parts of their political machinery might be arranged and adjusted , and well understood among themselves , before they took possession of the ...
... doubt , why God left them wandering forty years in the desert of Arabia , was that the various parts of their political machinery might be arranged and adjusted , and well understood among themselves , before they took possession of the ...
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