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... whole train of hypochondriacal affections . For which reason , the expectations of those who retire from their shops and counting - houses , to en- joy the remainder of their days in leisure and tran- quillity , are seldom answered by ...
... whole train of hypochondriacal affections . For which reason , the expectations of those who retire from their shops and counting - houses , to en- joy the remainder of their days in leisure and tran- quillity , are seldom answered by ...
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... whole , is agreeable to the fitness of things , to nature , to reason , and to truth : and such ( as will appear by and by ) is the Divine character , that what promotes the general happiness , is required by the will of God ; and what ...
... whole , is agreeable to the fitness of things , to nature , to reason , and to truth : and such ( as will appear by and by ) is the Divine character , that what promotes the general happiness , is required by the will of God ; and what ...
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... whole subject ; which arose , I believe , from hence , -that I supposed , with many authors whom I had read , that to be obliged to do a thing , was very dif- ferent from being induced only to do it ; and that the obligation to practise ...
... whole subject ; which arose , I believe , from hence , -that I supposed , with many authors whom I had read , that to be obliged to do a thing , was very dif- ferent from being induced only to do it ; and that the obligation to practise ...
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... whole fabric rests , must in this treatise be taken for granted . CHAP . IV . The will of God . As the will of God is our rule ; to inquire what is our duty , or what we are obliged to do , in any in- stance , is , in effect , to ...
... whole fabric rests , must in this treatise be taken for granted . CHAP . IV . The will of God . As the will of God is our rule ; to inquire what is our duty , or what we are obliged to do , in any in- stance , is , in effect , to ...
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... whole treatise - a treatise which Mr. Hume declares to be " incomparably the best he ever wrote . " When they have read it over , let them con- sider , whether any motives there proposed are likely to be found sufficient to withhold men ...
... whole treatise - a treatise which Mr. Hume declares to be " incomparably the best he ever wrote . " When they have read it over , let them con- sider , whether any motives there proposed are likely to be found sufficient to withhold men ...
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Page 223 - And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery : and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
Page 213 - And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers : hath no man condemned thee ? She said, No man, Lord, And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee : go, and sin no more.
Page 190 - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering ; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any : even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Page 257 - Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
Page 218 - It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Page 179 - And inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me...
Page 191 - And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the Church : but if he neglect to hear the Church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a Publican.
Page 118 - Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; not with eye-service, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men...
Page 250 - Therefore let us not sleep, as do others ; but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night. But let us who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breast-plate of faith and love ; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
Page 301 - The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the grave shall hear his voice, and shall come forth ; they that have done good unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil unto the resurrection of damnation;