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Strona xiv
... danger lest men be tempted to rest en- tirely on these , and persuade themselves that a painful attention to such observances will atone for the want of genuine piety and virtue . Yet , surely , there is a way of steering safely between ...
... danger lest men be tempted to rest en- tirely on these , and persuade themselves that a painful attention to such observances will atone for the want of genuine piety and virtue . Yet , surely , there is a way of steering safely between ...
Strona xvi
... most serious attention . * I Cor . vi . 19 . Rom . vi . 11 . Gal . v . 24 . + See Note A , at the end of this Preface . ¶ Ezek . ii . 5 . § Mat . xi . 19 . However , be the danger of superstition what it may xvi PREFACE.
... most serious attention . * I Cor . vi . 19 . Rom . vi . 11 . Gal . v . 24 . + See Note A , at the end of this Preface . ¶ Ezek . ii . 5 . § Mat . xi . 19 . However , be the danger of superstition what it may xvi PREFACE.
Strona xvii
Joseph Butler. However , be the danger of superstition what it may , no one was more sensible of that danger , or more in earnest in maintaining , that external acts of themselves are no- thing , and that moral holiness , as ...
Joseph Butler. However , be the danger of superstition what it may , no one was more sensible of that danger , or more in earnest in maintaining , that external acts of themselves are no- thing , and that moral holiness , as ...
Strona xxiv
... danger of any diminution : but this , in truth , is the least of his excellencies . He was more than a good writer , he was a good man ; and , what is an addition even to this eulogy , he was a sincere Christian . His whole study was ...
... danger of any diminution : but this , in truth , is the least of his excellencies . He was more than a good writer , he was a good man ; and , what is an addition even to this eulogy , he was a sincere Christian . His whole study was ...
Strona xxxiv
... danger , it is also a state of discipline and improvement ; and that , both in our tem- poral and religious capacity . Thus , childhood is a state of discipline for youth ; youth for manhood ; and that for old age . Strength of body ...
... danger , it is also a state of discipline and improvement ; and that , both in our tem- poral and religious capacity . Thus , childhood is a state of discipline for youth ; youth for manhood ; and that for old age . Strength of body ...
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Strona xxviii - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than Heaven pursue. What blessings Thy free bounty gives, Let me not cast away; For God is paid when man receives, T
Strona 52 - Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Strona lix - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it, as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment...
Strona 6 - Origen* has with singular sagacity observed, that he who believes the Scripture to have proceeded from him who is the Author of Nature, may well expect to find the same sort of difficulties in it, as are found in the constitution of Nature.
Strona 256 - Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for. See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern showed to thee in the mount.
Strona 51 - Because I have called, and ye refused ; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded : but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh...
Strona 335 - And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.
Strona 234 - Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven ; which things the angels desire to look into.
Strona 256 - For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Strona 235 - Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father ; when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority and power. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all...