Selections from Theological LecturesLincoln and Edmands, 1833 - 204 pages |
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... Suicide , 145 Sins of the Tongue , 156 God's law the only true standard of morals , 162 PROPHECY . The Bible , a Classic , Close of Life , Death of Jacob , 168 172 175 The bad man in Solitude , · 177 Prophecy dependent CONTENTS . vii.
... Suicide , 145 Sins of the Tongue , 156 God's law the only true standard of morals , 162 PROPHECY . The Bible , a Classic , Close of Life , Death of Jacob , 168 172 175 The bad man in Solitude , · 177 Prophecy dependent CONTENTS . vii.
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... SUICIDE . No sophistry can justify , no eloquence can palli- ate , no example can consecrate this offence against God , society , and the individual himself . Insanity , indeed , if it be really substantiated , by depriving the ...
... SUICIDE . No sophistry can justify , no eloquence can palli- ate , no example can consecrate this offence against God , society , and the individual himself . Insanity , indeed , if it be really substantiated , by depriving the ...
Page 146
... suicide may be , therefore , traced almost uniformly to infidelity — either of the heart , or of the judgment - or of both . It is because men either persuade themselves that " that there is no God " -and this conclusion is so great an ...
... suicide may be , therefore , traced almost uniformly to infidelity — either of the heart , or of the judgment - or of both . It is because men either persuade themselves that " that there is no God " -and this conclusion is so great an ...
Page 147
... suicide be traced , whenever it does not originate in insanity . The only excep- tion that can be imagined is , a sudden frenzy , in- duced by uncontrollable circumstances overpower- ing reason but this , if it unseat the reason only ...
... suicide be traced , whenever it does not originate in insanity . The only excep- tion that can be imagined is , a sudden frenzy , in- duced by uncontrollable circumstances overpower- ing reason but this , if it unseat the reason only ...
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... Suicide , involving the converse of all these propositions , advanced by revelation , supported as they are by nature , Provi- dence , conscience , reason , and justice , must origi- nate in infidelity . The justification also of this ...
... Suicide , involving the converse of all these propositions , advanced by revelation , supported as they are by nature , Provi- dence , conscience , reason , and justice , must origi- nate in infidelity . The justification also of this ...
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Page 177 - Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? The world recedes; it disappears!
Page 23 - ... the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Page 12 - Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work...
Page 28 - And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life ; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Page 18 - There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen : The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
Page 30 - I die : behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one : Oh, let me escape thither (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
Page 37 - And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, here am I, my son. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Page 57 - And Paul said; I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
Page 144 - CHILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.