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... the good and wise of all persuasions will revere that industry which has for its object the illustration or defence of our common Christianity . Your Lordship's researches have never lost sight of one purpose , namely , PART.
... the good and wise of all persuasions will revere that industry which has for its object the illustration or defence of our common Christianity . Your Lordship's researches have never lost sight of one purpose , namely , PART.
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... object than the settling of terms and phrases ; and , what is worse , they for whose use such books are chief- ly intended will not be persuaded to read them at all . I am led to propose these strictures , not by any propensity to ...
... object than the settling of terms and phrases ; and , what is worse , they for whose use such books are chief- ly intended will not be persuaded to read them at all . I am led to propose these strictures , not by any propensity to ...
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... human Laws , considered as a rule of life , labours under the two following de- fects : - 1. Human Laws omit many duties , as not objects of compulsion ; such as piety to God , bounty 22 LAW OF THE LAND . The Law of the Land.
... human Laws , considered as a rule of life , labours under the two following de- fects : - 1. Human Laws omit many duties , as not objects of compulsion ; such as piety to God , bounty 22 LAW OF THE LAND . The Law of the Land.
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... object to which the child has been accustomed to apply the epithet . In a word , when almost every thing else is ... object upon which it was to attach . The instinct and the idea of the object are 1 inseparable even in imagination , and ...
... object to which the child has been accustomed to apply the epithet . In a word , when almost every thing else is ... object upon which it was to attach . The instinct and the idea of the object are 1 inseparable even in imagination , and ...
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... object of a long pursuit , " Now , " we say , " he is happy ; " and in a like comparative sense , compared , that is , with the general lot of mankind , we call a man happy who possesses health and com- petency . In strictness , any ...
... object of a long pursuit , " Now , " we say , " he is happy ; " and in a like comparative sense , compared , that is , with the general lot of mankind , we call a man happy who possesses health and com- petency . In strictness , any ...
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Page 54 - His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Page 171 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Page 201 - Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Page 80 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you ; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Page 187 - But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies : these are the things which defile a man : but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
Page 160 - And inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me...
Page 54 - Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance : but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 132 - Again ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not, forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths...
Page 52 - For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
Page 88 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.