Sermons Preached at the Annual Election1835 |
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... consequence of exorbitant , heartless , and luxurious wealth , on the one hand , and abject and squalid poverty , on the other ? Is the picture of the rich man clothed in purple and fine linen , and who fared sumptuously every day , and ...
... consequence of exorbitant , heartless , and luxurious wealth , on the one hand , and abject and squalid poverty , on the other ? Is the picture of the rich man clothed in purple and fine linen , and who fared sumptuously every day , and ...
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... consequences following unjust and arbitrary distinctions , the remains of feudal op- pression ; in the next place it requires that property should not only be free to follow its natural course , but also that the rights of property ...
... consequences following unjust and arbitrary distinctions , the remains of feudal op- pression ; in the next place it requires that property should not only be free to follow its natural course , but also that the rights of property ...
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... consequences resulting from diversity in the condition of men , and you will see accumulated reasons to assent to and admire this ordination of Providence . No one who has for a moment thought of the subject can doubt , that in or- der ...
... consequences resulting from diversity in the condition of men , and you will see accumulated reasons to assent to and admire this ordination of Providence . No one who has for a moment thought of the subject can doubt , that in or- der ...
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... consequences that follow them , have been most marked . Indeed this state of society has furnished them with the means of observation , and has suggested to them the great principles of morals , and exhibited to them these principles in ...
... consequences that follow them , have been most marked . Indeed this state of society has furnished them with the means of observation , and has suggested to them the great principles of morals , and exhibited to them these principles in ...
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... consequence of the nature of man , and the state of being in which he is placed , but also the only system by which ... consequences must be bad . The middling class , as it is sometimes called , that is , the portion of the community ...
... consequence of the nature of man , and the state of being in which he is placed , but also the only system by which ... consequences must be bad . The middling class , as it is sometimes called , that is , the portion of the community ...
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Page 16 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the falling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Page 14 - He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill ; That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
Page 11 - There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day : and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table : moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Page 14 - Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
Page 15 - For the needy shall not always be forgotten : the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Page 19 - One is, to perceive clearly that the difficulty in question is of no unequal pressure, but bears equally heavy on Deism and on Christianity, and on the various different interpretations of the Christian scheme ; and consequently can. furnish no valid objection to any one scheme of religion in particular. Even Atheism does not lessen our difficulty ; it only alters the character of it. For as the believer in a God is at a loss to account for the existence of evil, the believer in no God, is equally...
Page 18 - In every part of the universe we see marks of wise and benevolent design ; and yet we see in many instances apparent frustrations of this design ; we see the productiveness of the earth interrupted by unfavourable...
Page 59 - ... the list of those branches of knowledge, which more peculiarly demand the attention of an endowed University; those, namely, which, while the cultivation of them is highly important to the Public at large, are not likely to be forwarded by the stimulus of private interest operating on individuals. The...
Page 18 - I profess to explain, why, in so many particular instances, causes have been permitted to operate, more or less, towards the frustration of this general design, and the retardation, or even reversal, of the course of improvement. The difficulty in fact is one which belongs, not to this alone, but to every branch of Natural -Theology. In every part of the universe...
Page 18 - I must take occasion to remark, /» i • i_ » • * that I do not profess to explain why things ' were so ordered, that any advancement at all should be needful; — why mankind were not placed at once in a state of society as highly civilized as it was destined ever to be.* The * The present Bishop of Chester has treated at large of the subjects here considered, in the third part of his