Fanaticism, by the author of 'Natural history of enthusiasm'.1833 |
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... Justice , in the sense of an Athenian populace , or in the sense of the " Senate and People of Rome , " the justice either of English law , or of English opinion ? Has the Virtue of Sparta much analogy with the virtue of Christian ...
... Justice , in the sense of an Athenian populace , or in the sense of the " Senate and People of Rome , " the justice either of English law , or of English opinion ? Has the Virtue of Sparta much analogy with the virtue of Christian ...
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... his sons to the sword of public justice ? Has it not strength- ened the arm of a man , not murderous in dispo- sition , to drive an assassin's sword into the heart of his friend ? Has it not brought together 50 FANATICISM .
... his sons to the sword of public justice ? Has it not strength- ened the arm of a man , not murderous in dispo- sition , to drive an assassin's sword into the heart of his friend ? Has it not brought together 50 FANATICISM .
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... Justice — perhaps the most potent of all the elements of the spiri- tual life , shall turn inward upon each consciously guilty heart , so that every such heart shall be- come the prey of a reflected rage , intense and corrosive as the ...
... Justice — perhaps the most potent of all the elements of the spiri- tual life , shall turn inward upon each consciously guilty heart , so that every such heart shall be- come the prey of a reflected rage , intense and corrosive as the ...
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... justice or purity , and of magnanimity without benevolence , and of that thirst of glory which is sheer selfishness , as it would be now , after the mechanic arts have reached an unthought - of perfection , to keep in use the cumbrous ...
... justice or purity , and of magnanimity without benevolence , and of that thirst of glory which is sheer selfishness , as it would be now , after the mechanic arts have reached an unthought - of perfection , to keep in use the cumbrous ...
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... . Historical justice demands that when the absurdities and the impurity of the Grecian poly- theism ( both indeed very gross ) are spoken of , its extraordinary influence in allaying the vio- lence of fanaticism 80 FANATICISM ,
... . Historical justice demands that when the absurdities and the impurity of the Grecian poly- theism ( both indeed very gross ) are spoken of , its extraordinary influence in allaying the vio- lence of fanaticism 80 FANATICISM ,
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Page 499 - The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
Page 464 - For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah...
Page 414 - Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant ; even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer : their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar ; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Page 412 - Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
Page 499 - For bodily exercise profiteth little; but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Page 410 - Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us. God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
Page 498 - But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost, which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour...
Page 451 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered ; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the Last Days.
Page 453 - These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Page 403 - Therefore fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD ; neither be dismayed, O Israel : for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity ; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.