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... never be more broad or comprehensive than these are in their numerical and empirical aggregation . It is ever accordingly a limited and finite generality . Thus we speak of all the trees in a forest , all the stars , all men , & c ...
... never be more broad or comprehensive than these are in their numerical and empirical aggregation . It is ever accordingly a limited and finite generality . Thus we speak of all the trees in a forest , all the stars , all men , & c ...
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... never transcend the true bounds of the empirical process out of which it grows and on which it rests . But widely different now from all this , is the conception legiti- mately expressed by the word whole . The generality it denotes is ...
... never transcend the true bounds of the empirical process out of which it grows and on which it rests . But widely different now from all this , is the conception legiti- mately expressed by the word whole . The generality it denotes is ...
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... never rest short of this end . It is formed for such two fold vic- tory over the reign of sin , and has a mission from heaven ac- cordingly to conquer the universe of man's life in this whole and entire way . Here precisely lies the ...
... never rest short of this end . It is formed for such two fold vic- tory over the reign of sin , and has a mission from heaven ac- cordingly to conquer the universe of man's life in this whole and entire way . Here precisely lies the ...
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... never be entirely separated ; since it belongs to the very nature of christianity to take possession in some way of the interior life of men , and the idea of salvation by its means unavoidably involves something more than a sim- ply ...
... never be entirely separated ; since it belongs to the very nature of christianity to take possession in some way of the interior life of men , and the idea of salvation by its means unavoidably involves something more than a sim- ply ...
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... never possibly be satisfied with the ob- ject of a simply numerical salvation , to be accomplished in favor of a certain number of individual men , an abstract election of single souls , whether this be taken as large or small , a few ...
... never possibly be satisfied with the ob- ject of a simply numerical salvation , to be accomplished in favor of a certain number of individual men , an abstract election of single souls , whether this be taken as large or small , a few ...
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Page 102 - He hath not dealt with us after our sins ; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him.
Page 331 - Probably at the time of the adoption of the constitution, and of the amendment to it, now under consideration, the general, if not the universal, sentiment in America was, that Christianity ought to receive encouragement from the state, so far as was not incompatible with the private rights of conscience, and the freedom of religious worship. An attempt to level all religions, and to make it a matter of state policy to hold all in utter indifference, would have created universal disapprobation, if...
Page 314 - The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic; to protect it; and to furnish the individuals who compose it, with the power of enjoying, in safety and tranquillity, their natural rights and the blessings of life...
Page 525 - And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
Page 207 - ... been turned by skill and industry into gardens, and can boast of a long list of heroes and statesmen, philosophers and poets. Whoever, knowing what Italy and Scotland naturally are, and what, four hundred years ago, they actually were, shall now compare the country round Rome with the country round Edinburgh, will be able to form some judgment as to the tendency of Papal domination.
Page 315 - All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; in fine, that of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness.
Page 27 - 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 585 - Then shall He answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to Me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment : but the righteous into life eternal.
Page 45 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies : The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Page 145 - Nymphis Gratiae decentes Alterno terram quatiunt pede, dum graves. Cyclopum Vulcanus ardens urit officinas. Nunc decet aut viridi nitidum caput impedire myrto, Aut flore, terrae quem ferunt solutae.