The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine: And Religious Intelligencer..., Volume 5P.B. Gleason & Company., 1804 |
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Page 49
... happiness of the soul . Towards this , the chris- tian is aiming and advancing ; though his progress be unequal -at some times rapid , and at others feeble and slow , and al- most motionless ; yet , he never contents himself with any ...
... happiness of the soul . Towards this , the chris- tian is aiming and advancing ; though his progress be unequal -at some times rapid , and at others feeble and slow , and al- most motionless ; yet , he never contents himself with any ...
Page 51
... happiness . Every being , so far as he exercises this love , is so far holy . 2. The love of complacence has for its object all being pos- sessed of a degree of positive holiness ; or it is that affection which is exercised towards all ...
... happiness . Every being , so far as he exercises this love , is so far holy . 2. The love of complacence has for its object all being pos- sessed of a degree of positive holiness ; or it is that affection which is exercised towards all ...
Page 52
... happiness , in order to ren- der him benevolent . Every in- telligent being is supposed to re- gard himself , according to his worth , in the scale of universal | being ; and to act a rational part , in secking his own happiness , in a ...
... happiness , in order to ren- der him benevolent . Every in- telligent being is supposed to re- gard himself , according to his worth , in the scale of universal | being ; and to act a rational part , in secking his own happiness , in a ...
Page 53
... happiness , in a manner perfectly consistent with the happiness of the com- munity , in the proportion of nine to three . Extend this principle , un- til all creature happiness appears like a drop to the ocean ; or , like a taper under ...
... happiness , in a manner perfectly consistent with the happiness of the com- munity , in the proportion of nine to three . Extend this principle , un- til all creature happiness appears like a drop to the ocean ; or , like a taper under ...
Page 54
... happiness of finite being , to that of infinite being . This would be ascribing consummate folly , to the all wise Jehovah . Therefore , the happiness of the creature , considering the naturel As shining in his own strength . Himself a ...
... happiness of finite being , to that of infinite being . This would be ascribing consummate folly , to the all wise Jehovah . Therefore , the happiness of the creature , considering the naturel As shining in his own strength . Himself a ...
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