An Examination of the Doctrine of Future Retribution: On the Principles of Morals, Analogy and the Scriptures |
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... reason for laying them before the public , which can be required for so doing . We cannot allow that truth ought not to be advanced if it conflict with long established opinions , and tend to give offence to pious persons , who have ...
... reason for laying them before the public , which can be required for so doing . We cannot allow that truth ought not to be advanced if it conflict with long established opinions , and tend to give offence to pious persons , who have ...
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... our neglect of obedience to his requirements , and for those acts in which we vio- late them . Thus it is contended that reason and experience teach the doctrine of future rewards and punishments , 16 EXAMINATION OF THE DOCTRINE.
... our neglect of obedience to his requirements , and for those acts in which we vio- late them . Thus it is contended that reason and experience teach the doctrine of future rewards and punishments , 16 EXAMINATION OF THE DOCTRINE.
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... reason . We have now arrived at a spot where we should do well to pause and duly consider . All the professed friends of religion and moral virtue will allow that the wicked are too active in com- mitting sin , that they run too ...
... reason . We have now arrived at a spot where we should do well to pause and duly consider . All the professed friends of religion and moral virtue will allow that the wicked are too active in com- mitting sin , that they run too ...
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... with the laws of the human mind , and will be found to agree with universal experience . By these views we arrive at the desideratum long sought for , the reason why the promises of complete bliss OF FUTURE RETRIBUTION . 21.
... with the laws of the human mind , and will be found to agree with universal experience . By these views we arrive at the desideratum long sought for , the reason why the promises of complete bliss OF FUTURE RETRIBUTION . 21.
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... reason why the promises of complete bliss , in the future world , and the threatenings of most dire torments , have not accomplished the design for which they were so vehemently urged on the people . Yes , we here discover the reason ...
... reason why the promises of complete bliss , in the future world , and the threatenings of most dire torments , have not accomplished the design for which they were so vehemently urged on the people . Yes , we here discover the reason ...
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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.