Discourses on Domestic DutiesJ. Ritchie, 1800 - 463 pages |
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... regard of themfelves , and without any reference to others , to seek their own things . Man is a com- plex being . He confists of foul and body ; and the former is of far greater value than the latter . He therefore who pays fuch an ...
... regard of themfelves , and without any reference to others , to seek their own things . Man is a com- plex being . He confists of foul and body ; and the former is of far greater value than the latter . He therefore who pays fuch an ...
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... regard we owe to one another . Charity , we ufually fay , begins at home . And it is a plain dictate of nature , that offices of benevolence fhould originate among our most intimate connections , and fo proceed , by gradual progreffion ...
... regard we owe to one another . Charity , we ufually fay , begins at home . And it is a plain dictate of nature , that offices of benevolence fhould originate among our most intimate connections , and fo proceed , by gradual progreffion ...
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... regards , who are beyond the cir- cle wherein he moves . His predilection in favour of his native country will not excite animofity in his breaft against the fubjects of other ftates . Nor will the juft prejudices he has conceived ...
... regards , who are beyond the cir- cle wherein he moves . His predilection in favour of his native country will not excite animofity in his breaft against the fubjects of other ftates . Nor will the juft prejudices he has conceived ...
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... regard due to others , not as men only , but as men inhabiting one country , cast into one civil fociety , and fubfifting under one form of government . This regard or attachment is what we call patriotism , a kind of instinct implanted ...
... regard due to others , not as men only , but as men inhabiting one country , cast into one civil fociety , and fubfifting under one form of government . This regard or attachment is what we call patriotism , a kind of instinct implanted ...
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... regard of public worship , the celebration of divine ordinances , and the maintenance of good order , fellowship , and love . He is a man of a public catho- lic fpirit , who in respect of these matters feeks not his own things , but the ...
... regard of public worship , the celebration of divine ordinances , and the maintenance of good order , fellowship , and love . He is a man of a public catho- lic fpirit , who in respect of these matters feeks not his own things , but the ...
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addreffed affection affiftance againſt alfo apoftle attention benevolence beſt bleffed breafts bufinefs buſineſs cafe character Chrift Chriftian circumftances command confequence confider confideration cordial difcourfe difpofed diſcharge divine domeftic duty efpecially evil expreffions exprefs faid fame father favour fcripture fecure feel felves fenfe fervants ferve fervice fhall fhew fhould focial fociety fome fpirit friendship ftate ftation fubfift fubject fuch fuffer fuperior fuppofe furely happineſs happy hath heart heaven himſelf hofpitality honour houfe houſe idea inftances inftructions intereft itſelf juft juſt lefs Lord mafters manner marriage meaſures mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary obedience obferved obligations occafions ourſelves paffions painful parents perfons perfuaded piety pleafing pleaſure poffefs poffible Polygamy prefent proper prudent purpoſe racter reafon refpect refult regard religion render ſhall ſpeak temper thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand tion unto uſe whofe wife worship
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Page 36 - ... mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
Page 63 - For I know him, that he will command his children, and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment ; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 12 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Page 34 - Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now if thou wilt forgive their sin : and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast Written.
Page 296 - And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
Page 261 - God, and thought it not robbery to be equal with God ; yet he made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men ; and, being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Page 405 - 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 195 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding; for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her; and happy is every one...
Page 403 - Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick : and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
Page 35 - Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned...