 | Joseph Butler - Sermons, English - 1726 - 340 pages
...Obligation. Confcience does not only offer itfelf to fhew us the Way we fhould walk in, but it likewife carries its own Authority with it, that it is our natural Guide, the Guide afligned us by the Author of our Nature : It therefore belongs to our Condition of Being, it is our... | |
 | Joseph Butler - Sermons, English - 1813 - 790 pages
...such a course of action, is itself alone an obligation. Conscience does not only offer itself to shew us the way we should walk in, but it likewise carries its own authority witli it, that it is our natural guide, the guide assigned us by the Author of our nature : It therefore... | |
 | Thomas Hancock - Instinct - 1824 - 578 pages
...that which is in its nature supreme over them all.'1 *' Conscience does not only offer itself to shew us the way we should walk in, but it likewise carries...the guide assigned us by the Author of our nature." Milton has well described its dignity and office : " And I will place within them as a guide My umpire... | |
 | Joseph Butler - Sermons, English - 1827 - 376 pages
...approves of and attests to such af course of action, is itself alone an obligation. Conscience does not only offer itself to show us the way we should...the guide assigned us by the Author of our nature : it therefore belongs to our condition of being : it is our duty to walk in that path, and follow... | |
 | Samuel Parr, John Johnstone - 1828 - 720 pages
...conscience approves of and attests to such a course of action is itself alone an obligation. Conscience does not only offer itself to show us the way we should...that it is our natural guide; the guide assigned us hy the Author of our nature."— Sermons, p. 49. The will then acts in obedience to the dictates of... | |
 | Ralph Wardlaw - Christian ethics - 1834 - 480 pages
...course of " action, is itself alone an obligation. Con. " science does not only offer itself to shew us " the way we should walk in, but it likewise "...the guide assigned us " by the Author of our nature. It therefore " belongs to our condition of being; it is our * Senn. III. f Scrm. 111. LECT . 1v - "... | |
 | Jonathan Dymond - Ethics - 1834 - 444 pages
...proper governor, to direct and regulate all undue principles, passions, and motives of action. — It carries its own authority with it, that it is our...the guide assigned us by the Author of our nature." Would it have been unreasonable to conclude, that there was at least some connexion between this reprover... | |
 | Ralph Wardlaw - Christian ethics - 1835 - 392 pages
...approves of and attests to such a course of action, is itself alone an obligation. Conscience does not only offer itself to show us the way we should...the guide assigned us by the Author of our nature. It therefore belongs to our condition of being; it is our duty to walk in that path and to follow this... | |
 | John Abercrombie - Ethics - 1835 - 312 pages
...proper governor to direct and regulate all undue principles, passions, and motives of action. — It carries its own authority with it, that it is our...the guide assigned us by the Author of our nature." Would it have been unreasonable to conclude, that there was at least some connexion between this reprover... | |
 | Jasper Adams - Christian ethics - 1837 - 528 pages
...our proper governor, to direct and regulate all undue principles, passions, and motives of action. It carries its own authority with it, that it is our...the guide assigned us by the Author of our nature." * 3. The substantial uniformity and consistency, which, as has been stated and illustrated above, f... | |
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Your obligation to obey this law, is its being the law of your nature. That your conscience approves of and attests to such a course of action, is itself alone an obligation. Conscience does not only offer itself to show us the way we should walk in,... 
