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... duty and obedience . And : Tho ' , upon the present fuppofition , there is no fuch thing as right and wrong , as true and falfe Religion in nature ; yet as a fenfe of right and wrong is fo deeply rooted in the minds of moft men that it ...
... duty and obedience . And : Tho ' , upon the present fuppofition , there is no fuch thing as right and wrong , as true and falfe Religion in nature ; yet as a fenfe of right and wrong is fo deeply rooted in the minds of moft men that it ...
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... duties which every intelligent being is in reafon obliged to perform , when confidered abstractedly from , and antecedent to , any promulged law of any kind . For whatever in reafon becomes a law to intelligent beings , thofe beings ...
... duties which every intelligent being is in reafon obliged to perform , when confidered abstractedly from , and antecedent to , any promulged law of any kind . For whatever in reafon becomes a law to intelligent beings , thofe beings ...
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... duty is not the effect or refult , but it is the foundation of law . That is , an action does not become our duty because it is com- manded ; manded ; but it is commanded becaufe it was our [ 34 ]
... duty is not the effect or refult , but it is the foundation of law . That is , an action does not become our duty because it is com- manded ; manded ; but it is commanded becaufe it was our [ 34 ]
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... duty antecedent to the command . And confequently , a thing or action does not be- come fit , or unfit , by it's being commanded , or forbidden ; but it is commanded , or for- bidden because it was fit , or unfit , when con- fidered ...
... duty antecedent to the command . And confequently , a thing or action does not be- come fit , or unfit , by it's being commanded , or forbidden ; but it is commanded , or for- bidden because it was fit , or unfit , when con- fidered ...
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... duty , and likewife increase their guilt upon the breach of fuch fuperfluous laws . I fay , we may be well affured that God will never act thus , because fuch a conduct is directly con- trary to true goodness , and therefore , can never ...
... duty , and likewife increase their guilt upon the breach of fuch fuperfluous laws . I fay , we may be well affured that God will never act thus , because fuch a conduct is directly con- trary to true goodness , and therefore , can never ...
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Page 108 - If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them ; thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams : for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
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Page 53 - Lord, hast commanded us to love our enemies, to do good to them that hate us, and to pray for them that...
Page 124 - And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Page iii - Reason affords plain, obvious, certain Principles, by which a man may distinguish these, and form a proper judgment in the case; and which an honest upright Man may safely and securely stay his Mind upon, amidst the various and contrary Opinions that prevail...
Page 81 - ... and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, 'betwixt me and my vineyard, -what could have been done more to - my vineyard, that I have not done ? — > — wherefore, when I expe&ed that it fl-ould bring forth grapes, brought it forth, wild grapes?
Page 126 - Verily I say unto you, In as much as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
Page 95 - Relations continue unaltered. If our firft Parent was the Creature of God, fo are we ; and whatever Service and Duty he owed, in Virtue of this Dependance, the fame is due from us ; nor can this Relation be ever made the Ground of different Duties in his Cafe, and...
Page 95 - ... him at firft how to ferve his Maker, our obligations being the fame with his, our rule muft be the fame alfo. The cafe is the fame with...
Page 94 - ... was a republication of the law of nature, and its precepts declarative of that original religion which was as old as the creation.