A Treatise Concerning Religious AffectionsChalmers and Collins, 1825 - 664 pages |
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Page vii
... evil is not cured . Propensity retains the con- trol , and either lures the understanding into its measures , or prosecutes inclination , in defiance of her dictates . A comparison of the child with the man of years may , indeed , show ...
... evil is not cured . Propensity retains the con- trol , and either lures the understanding into its measures , or prosecutes inclination , in defiance of her dictates . A comparison of the child with the man of years may , indeed , show ...
Page ix
... evil . Of course , we are not speaking of the calculations of business , or science , or politics , although even these come under the sweep of the principle to a greater extent than is always allowed , but of the common use of common ...
... evil . Of course , we are not speaking of the calculations of business , or science , or politics , although even these come under the sweep of the principle to a greater extent than is always allowed , but of the common use of common ...
Page xix
... evil exists in a multitude of instances , and is held compatible with a profession of Christianity , while the descrip- tion given of it is short of the reality , is too noto- rious to be denied . An individual may indeed be situated in ...
... evil exists in a multitude of instances , and is held compatible with a profession of Christianity , while the descrip- tion given of it is short of the reality , is too noto- rious to be denied . An individual may indeed be situated in ...
Page xxviii
... evil is so com- mon , it has ceased to be wondered at ; but were they to look at things as they really are , the enormity of their conduct , as an offence against reason , to carry the matter no higher , would fill them with alarm ...
... evil is so com- mon , it has ceased to be wondered at ; but were they to look at things as they really are , the enormity of their conduct , as an offence against reason , to carry the matter no higher , would fill them with alarm ...
Page li
... evil ; and while the action of its remedial efficacy terminates in the production of a piety , the purest and most sublime , yet it commences its operations , and continues to carry them on by stimulating the principle of self ...
... evil ; and while the action of its remedial efficacy terminates in the production of a piety , the purest and most sublime , yet it commences its operations , and continues to carry them on by stimulating the principle of self ...
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