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... false Principles of Morality . ISAIAH , viii . 20 . To the law and to the testi- mony ! If they speak not according to this word , it is because there is no light in them . 20 SER- SERMON III . On the Changes produced by the Coming.
... false Principles of Morality . ISAIAH , viii . 20 . To the law and to the testi- mony ! If they speak not according to this word , it is because there is no light in them . 20 SER- SERMON III . On the Changes produced by the Coming.
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... according to his good . pleasure , in different degrees . To the Jews , and through them to many other nations , it has been largely disclosed by the hand of Mo- ses , and of the other inspired writers of the Old Testament . Among the ...
... according to his good . pleasure , in different degrees . To the Jews , and through them to many other nations , it has been largely disclosed by the hand of Mo- ses , and of the other inspired writers of the Old Testament . Among the ...
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... according to this Word , it is because there is no Light in them . IT T happens almost of necessity , and under some points of view the circumstance must be deemed a misfortune , that erroneous principles which prevail in morals lead ...
... according to this Word , it is because there is no Light in them . IT T happens almost of necessity , and under some points of view the circumstance must be deemed a misfortune , that erroneous principles which prevail in morals lead ...
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... according to this word : therefore there is no light in them . Let us now advert to their effects . I. One effect will be this : the morality produced will be uncertain and variable . What consistency , what stability , can be expected ...
... according to this word : therefore there is no light in them . Let us now advert to their effects . I. One effect will be this : the morality produced will be uncertain and variable . What consistency , what stability , can be expected ...
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... According to the vicissi- tudes of such probabilities their morality will vary . What solidity can we anticipate in mora- lity resting upon custom ? As little as in custom itself . In men whose moral opi- nions borrow their hue from the ...
... According to the vicissi- tudes of such probabilities their morality will vary . What solidity can we anticipate in mora- lity resting upon custom ? As little as in custom itself . In men whose moral opi- nions borrow their hue from the ...
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Page 149 - I command thee this day : lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied ; then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God...
Page 126 - And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. 15 Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Page 63 - For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
Page 197 - ... penny. And when they had received it, they murmured against the good man of the house, saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
Page 217 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short. It remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; and they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; and they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 370 - And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews ; to them that are under the law...
Page 158 - Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
Page 326 - Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
Page 62 - Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Page 360 - Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.