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... regard to Knowledge and Virtue , wherein mankind have been from the earliest times ? And what state are they in at this day ? I. 1. What is the state , ( to begin with the former branch of the inquiry , ) with regard to knowledge and ...
... regard to Knowledge and Virtue , wherein mankind have been from the earliest times ? And what state are they in at this day ? I. 1. What is the state , ( to begin with the former branch of the inquiry , ) with regard to knowledge and ...
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... regard to his contest with Pompey , even for the justice of his cause . For with him he certainly fought for life , rather than glory of which he had the strongest conviction ( though he was ashamed to own it ) when he passed the ...
... regard to his contest with Pompey , even for the justice of his cause . For with him he certainly fought for life , rather than glory of which he had the strongest conviction ( though he was ashamed to own it ) when he passed the ...
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... regard to knowledge and virtue , wherein , according to the most authentic accounts , mankind was , from the earliest times , for above four thou- sand years . Such nearly did it continue , during the decline , and since the destruction ...
... regard to knowledge and virtue , wherein , according to the most authentic accounts , mankind was , from the earliest times , for above four thou- sand years . Such nearly did it continue , during the decline , and since the destruction ...
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... regard to this knowledge . I will not ask , what they know of the nature of government , of the respective rights of kings , and various orders of sub- jects . In this regard , a herd of men are manifestly inferior to a herd of ...
... regard to this knowledge . I will not ask , what they know of the nature of government , of the respective rights of kings , and various orders of sub- jects . In this regard , a herd of men are manifestly inferior to a herd of ...
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... regard to truth ; cozening , cheating , and over - reach- ing every man that believes a word they say . Such are the moral , such the intellectual perfections , according to the latest and most accurate accounts , of the present Hea ...
... regard to truth ; cozening , cheating , and over - reach- ing every man that believes a word they say . Such are the moral , such the intellectual perfections , according to the latest and most accurate accounts , of the present Hea ...
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Page 158 - Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air...
Page 361 - I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away : and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Page 354 - And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised; that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised, that righteousness might be imputed unto them also...
Page 355 - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 351 - Isaac; (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth): it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Page 102 - What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints ; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
Page 355 - By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in blessing I will bless thee...
Page 356 - And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, "All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient." And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.
Page 354 - And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin ; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you...
Page 409 - But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.