An Examination of the Doctrine of Future Retribution: On the Principles of Morals, Analogy and the Scriptures |
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... they are justly entitled to a preference above all others , on account of their evident tendency to moral virtue . This state of things ought not to be considered as undesirable , for it will eventually lead to most 2 DOCTRINE ...
... they are justly entitled to a preference above all others , on account of their evident tendency to moral virtue . This state of things ought not to be considered as undesirable , for it will eventually lead to most 2 DOCTRINE ...
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... evident that we always act with a hope to gain some benefit , and thereby to avoid some evil ; but does it necessarily follow that the benefit which we hope to gain must be in a future state , and that the evil we hope to avoid must be ...
... evident that we always act with a hope to gain some benefit , and thereby to avoid some evil ; but does it necessarily follow that the benefit which we hope to gain must be in a future state , and that the evil we hope to avoid must be ...
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... evident propositions in clear view , why should we have recourse to hereafter rewards and punishments to incite us to love God and to keep his command- ments ? To induce us to love God , nothing is necessary but to make us acquainted ...
... evident propositions in clear view , why should we have recourse to hereafter rewards and punishments to incite us to love God and to keep his command- ments ? To induce us to love God , nothing is necessary but to make us acquainted ...
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... evident , that no well - informed divine will ever attempt to disprove them , it seems almost needless to attempt to pursue the general subject , to which they relate , any farther ; but it being a fact that the human mind , even when ...
... evident , that no well - informed divine will ever attempt to disprove them , it seems almost needless to attempt to pursue the general subject , to which they relate , any farther ; but it being a fact that the human mind , even when ...
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... evident . What we have before excepted from what we quoted from his sermon , seems very inconsistent with the rest of the quotation ; for if sin itself is more to be dreaded than pain , " it is absurd to say that it " sometimes prospers ...
... evident . What we have before excepted from what we quoted from his sermon , seems very inconsistent with the rest of the quotation ; for if sin itself is more to be dreaded than pain , " it is absurd to say that it " sometimes prospers ...
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Page 99 - And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars ; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity ; the sea and the waves roaring ; men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth : for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Page 103 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, "Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment." But I say unto you that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, "Raca," shall be in danger of the council.
Page 98 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Page 97 - For the Son of man shall come in the glory of His Father with His angels; and then He shall reward every man according to his works. Verily I say unto you, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in His kingdom.
Page 200 - So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Page 99 - And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations : and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Page 97 - Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify, and some of them ye shall scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city...
Page 99 - And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 21 Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains...
Page 62 - And he said, What hast thou done ? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. And now art thou cursed from the earth which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. When thou tillest the ground it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength : a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Page 86 - Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.