Christian Morality: Sermons on the Principles of Morality Inculcated in the Holy Scriptures, in Their Application to the Present Condition of Society |
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... whole race into one family . Nor is it merely as a protest against the wild and fearful denunciation of eternal torments , that we assert the corrective na- 1 ture of divine punishment , and the final universal THE CHRISTIAN MISSION . 15.
... whole race into one family . Nor is it merely as a protest against the wild and fearful denunciation of eternal torments , that we assert the corrective na- 1 ture of divine punishment , and the final universal THE CHRISTIAN MISSION . 15.
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... eternal summary of social morality . A collection of the precepts of the New Testament would show how the first preachers of Christianity applied it to their circumstances . In those precepts we should find some things universal ...
... eternal summary of social morality . A collection of the precepts of the New Testament would show how the first preachers of Christianity applied it to their circumstances . In those precepts we should find some things universal ...
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... eternal . They create sins by the misappli → cation of precepts , and overlook virtues by the non- application of principles . Much of what is supposed to constitute a good man is made to consist in per- formances , or abstinences ...
... eternal . They create sins by the misappli → cation of precepts , and overlook virtues by the non- application of principles . Much of what is supposed to constitute a good man is made to consist in per- formances , or abstinences ...
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... eternal life ? And Jesus said unto him , Why callest thou me good ? There is none good but one , that is , God . Thou knowest the commandments , do not commit adultery , do not kill , do not steal , do not bear false witness , defraud ...
... eternal life ? And Jesus said unto him , Why callest thou me good ? There is none good but one , that is , God . Thou knowest the commandments , do not commit adultery , do not kill , do not steal , do not bear false witness , defraud ...
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... eternal life . You have only not to spurn their proffered service , or misdirect their mission . And that great teacher himself , whom he might fear would have passed away before he obtained the answer which he had sought as an oracle ...
... eternal life . You have only not to spurn their proffered service , or misdirect their mission . And that great teacher himself , whom he might fear would have passed away before he obtained the answer which he had sought as an oracle ...
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Page 39 - And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? 18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
Page 177 - For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Page 252 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Page 201 - Great and marvellous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty: Just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of saints. Who shall not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name ? for Thou only art holy : For all nations shall come and worship before Thee ; For Thy judgments are made manifest.
Page 155 - There are a sort of men, whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond; And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, ' I am Sir Oracle, And, when I ope my lips, let no dog bark!
Page 249 - Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us...
Page 92 - For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Page 132 - A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Page 285 - Who will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life : But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil...
Page 105 - No — man is dear to man ; the poorest poor Long for some moments in a weary life •' When they can know and feel that they have been, Themselves, the fathers and the dealers out Of some small blessings ; have been kind to such As needed kindness, for this single cause, That we have all of us one human heart.