The Works...: With a Biographical Sketch of the Author, Volume 1G. Cowie and Company, 1837 |
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... direct ; as it is obvious , that , in computing consequences , it makes no difference in what way or at what distance they ensue . To impress this doctrine on the minds of young rea- ders , and to teach them to extend their views beyond ...
... direct ; as it is obvious , that , in computing consequences , it makes no difference in what way or at what distance they ensue . To impress this doctrine on the minds of young rea- ders , and to teach them to extend their views beyond ...
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... direct the descent or disposition of property ; a right , in a word , in any one man , or particular body of men , to make laws and regulations for the rest . For none POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY . 55 The Division of Rights.
... direct the descent or disposition of property ; a right , in a word , in any one man , or particular body of men , to make laws and regulations for the rest . For none POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY . 55 The Division of Rights.
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... direct breach of the promise ; as when a soldier maims , or a servant disables , himself , to get rid of his engagements . 2. Promises are not binding where the performance is unlawful . There are two cases of this : one , where the ...
... direct breach of the promise ; as when a soldier maims , or a servant disables , himself , to get rid of his engagements . 2. Promises are not binding where the performance is unlawful . There are two cases of this : one , where the ...
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... direct falsehood , in recommendation of our wares , by ascribing to them some quality which we know that they have not , is dishonest . Now , compare with this the designed concealment of some fault , which we know that they have . The ...
... direct falsehood , in recommendation of our wares , by ascribing to them some quality which we know that they have not , is dishonest . Now , compare with this the designed concealment of some fault , which we know that they have . The ...
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... direct ill consequences of lying to social happiness ; which consequences consist , either in some specific injury to particular individuals , or in the destruction of that confidence which is essential to the intercourse of human life ...
... direct ill consequences of lying to social happiness ; which consequences consist , either in some specific injury to particular individuals , or in the destruction of that confidence which is essential to the intercourse of human life ...
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Page 275 - And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Page 62 - 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, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 236 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord JESUS CHRIST, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 197 - 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 275 - This is that which the Lord hath said, Tomorrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath unto the Lord ; bake that which ye will bake today, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
Page 324 - For, for this cause pay ye tribute also : for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. Render therefore to all their dues : tribute to whom tribute is due ; custom to whom custom ; fear to whom fear ; honour to whom honour.
Page 159 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Page 281 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work : but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates : that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
Page 152 - And inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me...
Page 281 - Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days : which are a shadow of things to come ; but the body is of Christ.