The rule of conscienceOgle, Duncan and Company, 1822 - Theology |
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... sometimes answer against his own Opinion RULE XIV . The Guide of Souls may sometimes proceed according to the Con- science of the Penitent RULE XV . The probable Sentence of a prudent Man , is more than a probable Warranty to Actions ...
... sometimes answer against his own Opinion RULE XIV . The Guide of Souls may sometimes proceed according to the Con- science of the Penitent RULE XV . The probable Sentence of a prudent Man , is more than a probable Warranty to Actions ...
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... sometimes be lawful , this can never ; and a known evil ' that is not a sin , is rather to be admitted than an unknown , which no man can tell whether it will arrive . But in this , the prudence of a good and a wise man is to be his ...
... sometimes be lawful , this can never ; and a known evil ' that is not a sin , is rather to be admitted than an unknown , which no man can tell whether it will arrive . But in this , the prudence of a good and a wise man is to be his ...
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... sometimes we should neither act nor suspend , it being but probable that either is to be chosen . Yea , some- times it happens what Aristotle said , that ' false things are made more probable than true , ' as it is to all them who are ...
... sometimes we should neither act nor suspend , it being but probable that either is to be chosen . Yea , some- times it happens what Aristotle said , that ' false things are made more probable than true , ' as it is to all them who are ...
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... sometimes it is necessary that we endure a noble trial , and resist openly , and oppose an enemy , which cannot be done without danger , but is often without sin ; but to leave the more probable for the less is not only a danger of ...
... sometimes it is necessary that we endure a noble trial , and resist openly , and oppose an enemy , which cannot be done without danger , but is often without sin ; but to leave the more probable for the less is not only a danger of ...
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... sometimes outweigh the sayings of a multitude of greater persons . " " Nam testibus se , non testimoniis credi- turum rescripsit imperator . " Sometimes one witness is better than twenty testimonies ; that is , one man , good and pious ...
... sometimes outweigh the sayings of a multitude of greater persons . " " Nam testibus se , non testimoniis credi- turum rescripsit imperator . " Sometimes one witness is better than twenty testimonies ; that is , one man , good and pious ...
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Page 361 - Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Page 360 - Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female...
Page 282 - The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
Page 341 - THY word is a lantern unto my feet : and a light unto my paths.
Page 351 - I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt : open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Page 324 - And yet indeed she is my sister: she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother ; and she became my wife.
Page 360 - To whom then will ye liken GOD ? or what likeness will ye compare unto Him ? The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
Page 289 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Page 489 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Page 204 - Fures privatorum furtorum, in nervo atque in compedibus aetatem agunt, fures publici, in auro atque in purpura;