Discourses on Various Topics Relating to Doctrine and Practice, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1805 |
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... observed , but the humble ground of utility , which I think best adapted to my present purpose , easy as it would be to take a higher position ; and treat of no- thing which does not come under the denomination of public worship ...
... observed , but the humble ground of utility , which I think best adapted to my present purpose , easy as it would be to take a higher position ; and treat of no- thing which does not come under the denomination of public worship ...
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... observe the rules of temperance and to lay our appetites under restraint , it must be , not be- cause he can envy us any kind or degree of enjoyment we are capable of possessing , ( for it would be absurd to suppose , that after having ...
... observe the rules of temperance and to lay our appetites under restraint , it must be , not be- cause he can envy us any kind or degree of enjoyment we are capable of possessing , ( for it would be absurd to suppose , that after having ...
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... observe the laws of chastity ? Yet Epictetus , one of the most cele- brated moralists of antiquity , allows a wise man to condole , indeed , in words , with his friends when in distress ; but tells him to take care , that he feel no ...
... observe the laws of chastity ? Yet Epictetus , one of the most cele- brated moralists of antiquity , allows a wise man to condole , indeed , in words , with his friends when in distress ; but tells him to take care , that he feel no ...
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... observe first , that good men esteem or honour those of mankind , who are of a like disposition with them- selves ... observation we must appeal to the experience of mankind . On this ground I have no scruple in saying , that , if we be ...
... observe first , that good men esteem or honour those of mankind , who are of a like disposition with them- selves ... observation we must appeal to the experience of mankind . On this ground I have no scruple in saying , that , if we be ...
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... observation raises in us a love and es- teem for virtue and a hatred of vice in others . This esteem and hatred , which are founded upon a view of the good and evil consequences of certain actions , come at length to be felt upon the ...
... observation raises in us a love and es- teem for virtue and a hatred of vice in others . This esteem and hatred , which are founded upon a view of the good and evil consequences of certain actions , come at length to be felt upon the ...
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Page 13 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are : for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 161 - Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
Page v - Wash you, make you clean: put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Page 246 - For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn.
Page 113 - Take heed to yourselves : if thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him ; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent ; thou shalt forgive him.
Page 204 - Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is ; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Page 159 - But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Page 18 - Length of days is in her right hand : and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her : and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Page 172 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, With calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 84 - And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name...