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... mankind , and polish human nature ; It is as mnch the design of Providence that Man should be improved and refined , as that he should subsist , or continue his species . Were not this the case , numberless provisions of Providence ...
... mankind , and polish human nature ; It is as mnch the design of Providence that Man should be improved and refined , as that he should subsist , or continue his species . Were not this the case , numberless provisions of Providence ...
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... mankind , when in power , must submit sometimes to be hated as the worst enemies : this some are too weak to bear ; they want resolution to stem the torrent of popu lar hatred ; and so either temporize , and abandon the cause of the ...
... mankind , when in power , must submit sometimes to be hated as the worst enemies : this some are too weak to bear ; they want resolution to stem the torrent of popu lar hatred ; and so either temporize , and abandon the cause of the ...
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... mankind at large , enjoining them to avoid an evil which can be only avoided by avoiding the occasions of it , would it follow , that , till the occasions can be avoided , such evil is forbidden ? Go not to Law , says a friend , be sure ...
... mankind at large , enjoining them to avoid an evil which can be only avoided by avoiding the occasions of it , would it follow , that , till the occasions can be avoided , such evil is forbidden ? Go not to Law , says a friend , be sure ...
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... mankind ; that he should have acquired an insight into the real characters of men ; and have learned to estimate them according to their intrinsic worth and importance . Nor is this direction to be confounded with the first : for it is ...
... mankind ; that he should have acquired an insight into the real characters of men ; and have learned to estimate them according to their intrinsic worth and importance . Nor is this direction to be confounded with the first : for it is ...
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... mankind . It is one actually prevailing in a considerable number of men , though it subsists in different degrees in different minds , and appears in various forms . It is dangerous , because it professes to be virtuous . And indeed it ...
... mankind . It is one actually prevailing in a considerable number of men , though it subsists in different degrees in different minds , and appears in various forms . It is dangerous , because it professes to be virtuous . And indeed it ...
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Page 202 - Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone : if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
Page 186 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.
Page 133 - And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing : and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
Page 153 - And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall My heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Page 80 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god: either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or, peradventure, he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Page 200 - And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
Page 137 - Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry ; and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword ; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Page 143 - Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
Page 39 - Moses' seat : all therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do ; but do not ye after their works : for they say, and do not.
Page 88 - And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat : for hitherto ye were not able to bear it. Neither yet now are ye able.