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Page 37
... important subject of efficient and final causes , as well as moral causes generally . They bring forward in bold relief the superintendent and all - governing providence of the Most High : -as in the history of Joseph , the revolt of ...
... important subject of efficient and final causes , as well as moral causes generally . They bring forward in bold relief the superintendent and all - governing providence of the Most High : -as in the history of Joseph , the revolt of ...
Page 54
... importance , that they need not become the topics of remark . Law is the measure of right . It gives every man a rule of action , and pre- scribes a course of conduct which entitles him to the support and protection of society . It ...
... importance , that they need not become the topics of remark . Law is the measure of right . It gives every man a rule of action , and pre- scribes a course of conduct which entitles him to the support and protection of society . It ...
Page 56
... important particulars ; but in none more than this , that they do not require absolute perfection , nor forbid all sin . In other and plainer language , they tolerate what is wrong , and what the moral law does not tolerate . They ...
... important particulars ; but in none more than this , that they do not require absolute perfection , nor forbid all sin . In other and plainer language , they tolerate what is wrong , and what the moral law does not tolerate . They ...
Page 57
... importance to demand its enactment . It may be to a high degree fit and proper that men , as citizens , should do right in every thing ; while it may not be fit and proper , that any system of mere human legislation should require ...
... importance to demand its enactment . It may be to a high degree fit and proper that men , as citizens , should do right in every thing ; while it may not be fit and proper , that any system of mere human legislation should require ...
Page 95
... important than this , that man must be governed by moral truth or despotic power . As soon as a nation becomes corrupt , her liberties degenerate into faction ; and then nothing short of the strong arm of despotism will restrain the ...
... important than this , that man must be governed by moral truth or despotic power . As soon as a nation becomes corrupt , her liberties degenerate into faction ; and then nothing short of the strong arm of despotism will restrain the ...
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