The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: To which are Added the Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar |
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... moral virtue ; and that all reli- gious faith beyond that led to persecution and misery . History gives an awful confirmation of the justness of his opinion . Dr. Bellamy , author of " The history of all religions , " comes to this ...
... moral virtue ; and that all reli- gious faith beyond that led to persecution and misery . History gives an awful confirmation of the justness of his opinion . Dr. Bellamy , author of " The history of all religions , " comes to this ...
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... there is not a single moral or physical evil but has an error for its principle . Tyrannies , slavery and wars , are founded on * The author's country . political errors , nay even on sacred ones ; for 4 INTRODUCTION .
... there is not a single moral or physical evil but has an error for its principle . Tyrannies , slavery and wars , are founded on * The author's country . political errors , nay even on sacred ones ; for 4 INTRODUCTION .
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... moral virtue , which would render them useful to their fellow men , are almost incessantly inculcating their peculiar and favorite dogmas : Wishing to make religion to consist in what it does not , in the belief of unintelligible creeds ...
... moral virtue , which would render them useful to their fellow men , are almost incessantly inculcating their peculiar and favorite dogmas : Wishing to make religion to consist in what it does not , in the belief of unintelligible creeds ...
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... morals , and his religion , as he left them to us , the best the world ever saw , or is like to see ; but I apprehend it has received various corrupting changes , and I have , with most of the present dissenters in England , some doubts ...
... morals , and his religion , as he left them to us , the best the world ever saw , or is like to see ; but I apprehend it has received various corrupting changes , and I have , with most of the present dissenters in England , some doubts ...
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... morality rotten morality - righteousness ragged righteousness , and even filthy rags - and when you mention virtue , pucker up ... moral doctrines of the most remarkable of the ancient philoso- phers , of whose ethics we have sufficient ...
... morality rotten morality - righteousness ragged righteousness , and even filthy rags - and when you mention virtue , pucker up ... moral doctrines of the most remarkable of the ancient philoso- phers , of whose ethics we have sufficient ...
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Page 221 - He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and -the isles shall wait for his law.
Page 165 - And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Page 210 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Page 165 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air ; and brought them unto Adam, to see what he would call them : and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field ; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Page 245 - Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge — There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard — Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Page 227 - And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots : that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
Page 176 - And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them...
Page 338 - And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
Page 130 - And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.
Page 165 - And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shall not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.