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... punished for that abuse . I am fenfible , it is commonly urged in this cafe , that God , as he is the great governor of the universe , has a right , or it is fit that he fhould , in fome inftances , command for com- , manding fake ...
... punished for that abuse . I am fenfible , it is commonly urged in this cafe , that God , as he is the great governor of the universe , has a right , or it is fit that he fhould , in fome inftances , command for com- , manding fake ...
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... punishing the vicious parts of our fpecies , according as they have rendered them- felves the fuitable and proper objects of either . * Happiness is the end of being to intelligent beings ; whoever therefore freely and gene- rously ...
... punishing the vicious parts of our fpecies , according as they have rendered them- felves the fuitable and proper objects of either . * Happiness is the end of being to intelligent beings ; whoever therefore freely and gene- rously ...
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... punishment . So that rewards and punishments when justly diftributed are founded , not in paffion or affection , but the reafon of things . And therefore , when punishment is justly inflicted upon a proper object , this is not punishing ...
... punishment . So that rewards and punishments when justly diftributed are founded , not in paffion or affection , but the reafon of things . And therefore , when punishment is justly inflicted upon a proper object , this is not punishing ...
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... punish them : or were we to conceive of the Deity as an arbitrary and tyrannical governor , who acts unreasonably in his legislative capacity , by commanding for commanding fake , and thereby extorting fuch obedience from his fubjects ...
... punish them : or were we to conceive of the Deity as an arbitrary and tyrannical governor , who acts unreasonably in his legislative capacity , by commanding for commanding fake , and thereby extorting fuch obedience from his fubjects ...
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... punishment , in whole , or in part , is merciful . Again , mercy ftands oppofed fecondly , to unmerciful ; that is , to the punishing fuch offenders as have rendered themselves the proper objects of mercy , He who punishes fuch an ...
... punishment , in whole , or in part , is merciful . Again , mercy ftands oppofed fecondly , to unmerciful ; that is , to the punishing fuch offenders as have rendered themselves the proper objects of mercy , He who punishes fuch an ...
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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.