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... VICE AND VIRTUE , AND OF BENEVOLENCE AND SELF - LOVE .. Sect . 1. Of the Seeds of Vice ..... 2. Of the Seed of Virtue ... 3. Of Benevolence and Self - Love CHAP . VII . OF CONSCIENCE AND ITS SIGNIFICATIONS- INCLUDING REMARKS ON THE ...
... VICE AND VIRTUE , AND OF BENEVOLENCE AND SELF - LOVE .. Sect . 1. Of the Seeds of Vice ..... 2. Of the Seed of Virtue ... 3. Of Benevolence and Self - Love CHAP . VII . OF CONSCIENCE AND ITS SIGNIFICATIONS- INCLUDING REMARKS ON THE ...
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... vice and wickedness overspreading the world . But brute animals are governed by Instinct or the superior guidance of Providence and man , in the usual course of affairs at least , is governed by Reason , that is , his own discretion . I ...
... vice and wickedness overspreading the world . But brute animals are governed by Instinct or the superior guidance of Providence and man , in the usual course of affairs at least , is governed by Reason , that is , his own discretion . I ...
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... vice versa , the eye to light , the ear to sounds , the tongue to sweets , the smell to per fumes ; so the qualities or manifestations of mind in our fellow creatures , as gratitude , humanity , justice , honesty , sincerity ...
... vice versa , the eye to light , the ear to sounds , the tongue to sweets , the smell to per fumes ; so the qualities or manifestations of mind in our fellow creatures , as gratitude , humanity , justice , honesty , sincerity ...
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... vice , right and wrong , good and evil . It must , however , be stated that the light of nature is to be taken in a two- fold signification . In the first place , as it arises from sense , induction , reason , argumentation , according ...
... vice , right and wrong , good and evil . It must , however , be stated that the light of nature is to be taken in a two- fold signification . In the first place , as it arises from sense , induction , reason , argumentation , according ...
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... vice , than fully informs us of our duties . Wherefore , the doctrine of Religion , as well moral as mystical , is not to be at- tained but by inspiration and revelation from God . " * Sir Matthew Hale testifies , that " Whatever may be ...
... vice , than fully informs us of our duties . Wherefore , the doctrine of Religion , as well moral as mystical , is not to be at- tained but by inspiration and revelation from God . " * Sir Matthew Hale testifies , that " Whatever may be ...
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Page 166 - Lives thro' all life, extends thro' all extent ; Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect, in vile Man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 480 - Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Page 481 - Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you ? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
Page 6 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 548 - Not a flower But shows some touch, in freckle, streak, or stain, Of his unrivall'd pencil. He inspires Their balmy odours, and imparts their hues, And bathes their eyes with nectar, and includes, In grains as countless as the seaside sands, The forms with which he sprinkles all the earth.
Page 480 - And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God, for I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Page 543 - What think ye of Christ? whose son is he?" They say unto him, " The son of David." He saith unto them, " How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool ? If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
Page 480 - Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
Page 166 - Who taught the nations of the field and wood To shun their poison, and to choose their food ? Prescient, the tides or tempests to withstand, Build on the wave, or arch beneath the sand?
Page 194 - Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn That he who made it, and reveal'd its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age.