The Philosophy of Religion; Or, An Illustration of the Moral Laws of the UniverseMerriam, 1828 - 461 pages |
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... practice , 193. Benevolence in relation to the inferior animals , 195 . Anecdotes of animals - Arabian horses -- Baron Trenck's mouse --spiders , & c . 197. concluding extract . 199 . 176 CHAPTER III . ON THE MORAL LAW , AND THE ...
... practice , 193. Benevolence in relation to the inferior animals , 195 . Anecdotes of animals - Arabian horses -- Baron Trenck's mouse --spiders , & c . 197. concluding extract . 199 . 176 CHAPTER III . ON THE MORAL LAW , AND THE ...
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... practices of the Omaguas , Brazilians , New Hollanders , Chinese , & c . 358. Cause of the thick lips , and flat noses of the Negroes , 361. Pain produced by tattooing , & c . 361 . MALEVOLENCE AS IT APPEARS IN THE RELIGION of savAGE ...
... practices of the Omaguas , Brazilians , New Hollanders , Chinese , & c . 358. Cause of the thick lips , and flat noses of the Negroes , 361. Pain produced by tattooing , & c . 361 . MALEVOLENCE AS IT APPEARS IN THE RELIGION of savAGE ...
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... practices in Carolina and Georgia , 401 . SECT . IV . Moral state of the Christian world , Dispositions of the primitive Christians , 403. Causes which produced the decay of Christian love , 403. Divisions , supersti tions , and ...
... practices in Carolina and Georgia , 401 . SECT . IV . Moral state of the Christian world , Dispositions of the primitive Christians , 403. Causes which produced the decay of Christian love , 403. Divisions , supersti tions , and ...
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... practices of modern civilized society , and so familiar to the mind of every man who has been educated in a Christian land , that it is impossible to eradicate the idea of them from the mind , when it attempts to trace the duty of man ...
... practices of modern civilized society , and so familiar to the mind of every man who has been educated in a Christian land , that it is impossible to eradicate the idea of them from the mind , when it attempts to trace the duty of man ...
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... practice of religion , and ex- tending his benevolent regards to persons of all religious persuasions when we behold him leaving his native country and the friends of his youth , on a tour of benevo- lence over all Europe and the east ...
... practice of religion , and ex- tending his benevolent regards to persons of all religious persuasions when we behold him leaving his native country and the friends of his youth , on a tour of benevo- lence over all Europe and the east ...
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Page 165 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 215 - What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Page 169 - 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 60 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! How great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.
Page 165 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven...
Page 169 - Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour ; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 399 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common ; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Page 170 - Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Page 209 - To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Page 240 - Have ye not read that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife; and they twain shall be one flesh'? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.