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... suitable to his natural and his moral perfections . For , were we to conceive of God as a hard and fevere mafter , as one who lays burthens upon his fervants that are great and grievous to be born , who requires brick where he gives no ...
... suitable to his natural and his moral perfections . For , were we to conceive of God as a hard and fevere mafter , as one who lays burthens upon his fervants that are great and grievous to be born , who requires brick where he gives no ...
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... suitably affected there- with ; this is , not only acting properly towards the Deity , but it alfo tends to excite our imita- tion of him , and therefore , it must be our duty or it is reasonable that we should be frequent in fuch ...
... suitably affected there- with ; this is , not only acting properly towards the Deity , but it alfo tends to excite our imita- tion of him , and therefore , it must be our duty or it is reasonable that we should be frequent in fuch ...
Page 53
... suitable sense of what they were intended to be the outward tokens and memorials of , and thereby give occafion to our felves and others to be fuitably affected therewith , and to act accordingly ; and when this is the cafe , then those ...
... suitable sense of what they were intended to be the outward tokens and memorials of , and thereby give occafion to our felves and others to be fuitably affected therewith , and to act accordingly ; and when this is the cafe , then those ...
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... when the circumstances of things will make the sense of a Deity prefent to a man's mind ) or if he should voluntarily think of God , but is not suitably affected therewith ; then , then , he cannot , with any propriety , confider [ 55 ]
... when the circumstances of things will make the sense of a Deity prefent to a man's mind ) or if he should voluntarily think of God , but is not suitably affected therewith ; then , then , he cannot , with any propriety , confider [ 55 ]
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... suitable and pro- per object of God's approbation and affection . " And whoever viciously and wickedly greatly departs from this rule , and perfifts in it , fuch an one must be unacceptable and disapprovable to to his Maker , as he ...
... suitable and pro- per object of God's approbation and affection . " And whoever viciously and wickedly greatly departs from this rule , and perfifts in it , fuch an one must be unacceptable and disapprovable to to his Maker , as he ...
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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.