The Free-enquirer [by P. Annet].1826 |
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... action and spirited language , take place now , of plain meaning and close reason- ing . Folly and knavery are too frequently disgui- sed by the flowing harmony of well turned periods : and pretty flowery compositions are often publish ...
... action and spirited language , take place now , of plain meaning and close reason- ing . Folly and knavery are too frequently disgui- sed by the flowing harmony of well turned periods : and pretty flowery compositions are often publish ...
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... actions . Reason will never dictate an extermination of the passions : its office is to conduct the exertion of them ; and this it does , more or less , among those whom we , for that cause , term sensible people . What then , it may be ...
... actions . Reason will never dictate an extermination of the passions : its office is to conduct the exertion of them ; and this it does , more or less , among those whom we , for that cause , term sensible people . What then , it may be ...
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... action was not Abraham's reasonable service , but the effect of whimsical enthusiasm . If absurd commands can be of God , men have no criterion whereby to distinguish what is the command of God . It is objected that God only gave this ...
... action was not Abraham's reasonable service , but the effect of whimsical enthusiasm . If absurd commands can be of God , men have no criterion whereby to distinguish what is the command of God . It is objected that God only gave this ...
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... action ( as the history says ) and he appeared obedient to it . As Abraham had pleased God in the attempt , God pleased Abraham in not suffering him to do the action which he commanded . He approved the will to comply with it , so ...
... action ( as the history says ) and he appeared obedient to it . As Abraham had pleased God in the attempt , God pleased Abraham in not suffering him to do the action which he commanded . He approved the will to comply with it , so ...
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notions . Hence arises , false judgment of men in their actions , censoriousness , condemnation , revi- ling , malignity , and persecution . In reviewing the life of Moses , and his history of the Jews , we shall reject all accounts but ...
notions . Hence arises , false judgment of men in their actions , censoriousness , condemnation , revi- ling , malignity , and persecution . In reviewing the life of Moses , and his history of the Jews , we shall reject all accounts but ...
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Page 25 - And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Page 24 - And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous ; I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me ; and if not, I will know.
Page 22 - And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Page 83 - Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Page 93 - About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt : and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill ; and all the firstborn of beasts.
Page 25 - And the Lord smelled a sweet savour ; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake ; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth ; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Page 79 - But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
Page 4 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same...
Page 93 - And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill ; and all the firstborn of beasts. 6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.
Page 44 - And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty: but every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.