Elements of Moral ScienceGould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1836 - 402 pagina's |
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Pagina 51
... specially if we have decided in opposition to conscience , until the action is commenced . The voice of conscience is then lost amid the whirlwind of passion ; and it is not heard until after the deed is done . It is on this account ...
... specially if we have decided in opposition to conscience , until the action is commenced . The voice of conscience is then lost amid the whirlwind of passion ; and it is not heard until after the deed is done . It is on this account ...
Pagina 69
... specially upon the character of God our Creator , and Christ our Redeemer , the Fountain of all moral excel- lence . As we cultivate taste , or our susceptibility to beauty , by meditating upon the most finished specimens of art , or ...
... specially upon the character of God our Creator , and Christ our Redeemer , the Fountain of all moral excel- lence . As we cultivate taste , or our susceptibility to beauty , by meditating upon the most finished specimens of art , or ...
Pagina 79
... specially of a probationary existence . ' Tis greatly wise , to talk with our past hours , And ask them what report they bore to Heaven , And how they might have borne more welcome news . 1. Perform this duty deliberately . It is not ...
... specially of a probationary existence . ' Tis greatly wise , to talk with our past hours , And ask them what report they bore to Heaven , And how they might have borne more welcome news . 1. Perform this duty deliberately . It is not ...
Pagina 80
... specially on your guard against the influence of any motive of which you now disapprove . 3. If conscience convicts you of having acted wrongly , 1. Reflect upon the wrong , survey the obligations which you have violated , until you are ...
... specially on your guard against the influence of any motive of which you now disapprove . 3. If conscience convicts you of having acted wrongly , 1. Reflect upon the wrong , survey the obligations which you have violated , until you are ...
Pagina 81
... specially distin- guished from the brutes . With it , we are brought into moral relations with God , and all the moral intelligences in the universe . It is an ever - present faculty . It always admonishes us , if we will listen to its ...
... specially distin- guished from the brutes . With it , we are brought into moral relations with God , and all the moral intelligences in the universe . It is an ever - present faculty . It always admonishes us , if we will listen to its ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 34 - Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God hath showed it unto them. For the invisible things of him, from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his Eternal Power and God-head, so that they are without excuse...
Pagina 390 - They that turn many to righteousness shall shine as the stars for ever and ever.
Pagina 259 - Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Pagina 375 - It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes ; 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice.
Pagina 145 - He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Pagina 311 - Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives, while they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
Pagina 311 - Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Pagina 90 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not : if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Pagina 52 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly: If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, 'With his surcease, success ; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here. But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, — We'd jump the life to come...
Pagina 104 - How noble in reason! how infinite in faculties, in form and moving, how express and admirable in action, how like an angel in apprehension, how like a god ! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? man delights not me; no, nor woman neither, though, by your smiling, you seem to say so.