The Christian SpectatorHowe & Spalding, 1828 - Theology |
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... moral qualities , we do not hesitate to say there was grandeur . There was a loftiness of soul that disdain- ed a mean action , a generosity that excluded envy , and an integrity that burst into generous indignation at every exhibition ...
... moral qualities , we do not hesitate to say there was grandeur . There was a loftiness of soul that disdain- ed a mean action , a generosity that excluded envy , and an integrity that burst into generous indignation at every exhibition ...
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... moral nature ; and of course that they must act by means of moral causes . But it is necessary , on several ac- counts , to exhibit this part of the subject more at large . If we examine the composition of any state which is governed by ...
... moral nature ; and of course that they must act by means of moral causes . But it is necessary , on several ac- counts , to exhibit this part of the subject more at large . If we examine the composition of any state which is governed by ...
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... moral changes ; they mnst manifestly be wrought by the influence of truth . If then there is any system of truth that is preeminently calculated to produce them , the friends of liber- ty are bound with all the zeal they have in their ...
... moral changes ; they mnst manifestly be wrought by the influence of truth . If then there is any system of truth that is preeminently calculated to produce them , the friends of liber- ty are bound with all the zeal they have in their ...
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... moral influence on the world . They seem not to be aware , that the sentence by which man is doomed to eat bread in the sweat of his brow , is so followed out in the scheme of providence , that no greater or more important good can be ...
... moral influence on the world . They seem not to be aware , that the sentence by which man is doomed to eat bread in the sweat of his brow , is so followed out in the scheme of providence , that no greater or more important good can be ...
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... moral agent , in which he violates a known rule of duty- a description which is more briefly expressed in the ... moral and accountable being . This immaterial being or principle I have always supposed to be something distinct from ...
... moral agent , in which he violates a known rule of duty- a description which is more briefly expressed in the ... moral and accountable being . This immaterial being or principle I have always supposed to be something distinct from ...
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Page 655 - O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord...
Page 67 - And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them ; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived : And Israel said, It is enough ; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die.
Page 341 - Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all...
Page 124 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Page 467 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Page 296 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written; Which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Page 89 - Thou believest that there is one God ; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Page 253 - Let your light so shine before men that they, seeing your good works, may glorify your Father which is in heaven...
Page 527 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Page 579 - Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?