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... render it evident to every candid mind that it is of God . We may call the Mofaic account of the Creation , a tradition , and may be said to know through this medium that the heavens and the earth are the pro- ductions of divine power ...
... render it evident to every candid mind that it is of God . We may call the Mofaic account of the Creation , a tradition , and may be said to know through this medium that the heavens and the earth are the pro- ductions of divine power ...
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... render him a pro- per object of admiration ; but justice , veracity , and goodness attract our love . No being is beloved for his greatnefs , but for his goodness . Moral excellence is the higheft glory of any intelligent being ...
... render him a pro- per object of admiration ; but justice , veracity , and goodness attract our love . No being is beloved for his greatnefs , but for his goodness . Moral excellence is the higheft glory of any intelligent being ...
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... render every being who poffeffes it unlovely in our eyes . Virtuous or holy charac- ters may indeed command our respect , and even ad- miration ; but will not attract our affection . What- ever regard we may bear to them it will not be ...
... render every being who poffeffes it unlovely in our eyes . Virtuous or holy charac- ters may indeed command our respect , and even ad- miration ; but will not attract our affection . What- ever regard we may bear to them it will not be ...
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... render him " the flave of terror . " But allowing the whole to be true , it proves nothing . A high conceit of one's felf is no proof of excellence . If he chufe to reft upon this foundation , he must abide the confequence : but he had ...
... render him " the flave of terror . " But allowing the whole to be true , it proves nothing . A high conceit of one's felf is no proof of excellence . If he chufe to reft upon this foundation , he must abide the confequence : but he had ...
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... render it their meat and drink to fear , honour , and obey him , and induce them to take every thing well at his hands.— And if they loved their fellow - creatures as them- felves , for his fake , there would be no wars , rival- fhips ...
... render it their meat and drink to fear , honour , and obey him , and induce them to take every thing well at his hands.— And if they loved their fellow - creatures as them- felves , for his fake , there would be no wars , rival- fhips ...
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Page 19 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Page 59 - So they took the money, and did as they were taught : and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.
Page 146 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 107 - Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Page 59 - And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying ; All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. Then said Jesus unto them ; Be not afraid ; go, tell my brethren, that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
Page 59 - And go quickly, and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead ; and, behold, He goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see Him: lo, I have told you.
Page 39 - If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Page 102 - And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Page 17 - GIVE thanks unto the LORD ; call upon his name : make known his deeds among the people. 2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him : talk ye of all his wondrous works. 3 Glory ye in his holy name : let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
Page 38 - Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.