The Advantage and Necessity of the Christian Revelation Shewn from the State of Religion in the Ancient Heathen World: Especially with Respect to the Knowledge and Worship of the One True God : a Rule of Moral Duty : and a State of Future Rewards and Punishments. To which is Prefixed, a Preliminary Discourse on Natural and Revealed Religion, Volume 2The University Press, 1819 |
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Pagina 3
... perception , and an inward universal light , independent of all outward teaching . To this they apply the passage of Lucan , nec vocibus ullis " Numen eget , dixitque semel nascentibus CHAP . I. ] AND SUBJECT TO A LAW .
... perception , and an inward universal light , independent of all outward teaching . To this they apply the passage of Lucan , nec vocibus ullis " Numen eget , dixitque semel nascentibus CHAP . I. ] AND SUBJECT TO A LAW .
Pagina 5
... universal clearness of the law of nature to all mankind , independent of all farther in- struction , cannot be admitted , as being contrary to the most evident fact and experience , yet it must be acknowledged , that a great deal hath ...
... universal clearness of the law of nature to all mankind , independent of all farther in- struction , cannot be admitted , as being contrary to the most evident fact and experience , yet it must be acknowledged , that a great deal hath ...
Pagina 8
... universal Lord and moral governor , then it is regarded not merely as fit and reasonable in itself , but as a divine law , in the strictest and properest sense . This way of discovering our duty by searching into the nature and ...
... universal Lord and moral governor , then it is regarded not merely as fit and reasonable in itself , but as a divine law , in the strictest and properest sense . This way of discovering our duty by searching into the nature and ...
Pagina 27
... universal use . It pleased God , therefore , at the time which seemed most fit to his infinite wisdom , in com- passion to the wretched state of mankind , after having exer- cised long patience and forbearance towards them , to make a ...
... universal use . It pleased God , therefore , at the time which seemed most fit to his infinite wisdom , in com- passion to the wretched state of mankind , after having exer- cised long patience and forbearance towards them , to make a ...
Pagina 44
... Hail ! incredibly great , universal victor ! " If this shameful vice had not been extremely common , even at Athens , Socrates ' abstaining from it timony must be allowed to be of great weight , 44 [ PART II . MORALITY UNKNOWN.
... Hail ! incredibly great , universal victor ! " If this shameful vice had not been extremely common , even at Athens , Socrates ' abstaining from it timony must be allowed to be of great weight , 44 [ PART II . MORALITY UNKNOWN.
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Pagina 121 - For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God...
Pagina 212 - With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
Pagina 215 - God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving : 5 For it is sanctified by the word of God, and prayer.
Pagina 348 - Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen. To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God...
Pagina 350 - 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 unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Pagina 27 - Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Pagina 357 - Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which He hath promised to them that love Him?
Pagina 27 - For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for? and what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
Pagina 348 - He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him : the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
Pagina 362 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? Do that which is good, and thou shall have praise of the same: For he is the minister of God to thee for good.