The Religion of Benjamin FranklinD. Appleton, 1925 - 138 páginas |
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... less true , of course , with regard to the autobiography which was confessedly written to be read . Be- tween the letters and the autobiography we have a most unusual personal record . Another cause for hesitation in such an inquiry is ...
... less true , of course , with regard to the autobiography which was confessedly written to be read . Be- tween the letters and the autobiography we have a most unusual personal record . Another cause for hesitation in such an inquiry is ...
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... by their in- fluences and effects ; and , if a man holds none that tend to make him less virtuous or more vicious , it may be concluded he holds none that are dangerous ; which I hope is the case with BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 19.
... by their in- fluences and effects ; and , if a man holds none that tend to make him less virtuous or more vicious , it may be concluded he holds none that are dangerous ; which I hope is the case with BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 19.
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... less mechanical and much truer according to modern thinking than the orthodox opinion of his day would allow . What a thinking man's real religious feeling may be seldom appears , certainly not advanta- geously , BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 31.
... less mechanical and much truer according to modern thinking than the orthodox opinion of his day would allow . What a thinking man's real religious feeling may be seldom appears , certainly not advanta- geously , BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 31.
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... less those to our Creator . You will see in this my notion of good works , that I am far from ex- pecting ( as you suppose ) to merit Heaven by them . By Heaven we understand a state of hap- piness , infinite in degree , and eternal in ...
... less those to our Creator . You will see in this my notion of good works , that I am far from ex- pecting ( as you suppose ) to merit Heaven by them . By Heaven we understand a state of hap- piness , infinite in degree , and eternal in ...
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... despis'd even by wise men , and much less capable of pleasing the Deity . The worship of God is a duty ; the hearing and reading of sermons may be useful ; but , if men rest in hearing and praying , as too many do 34 THE RELIGION OF.
... despis'd even by wise men , and much less capable of pleasing the Deity . The worship of God is a duty ; the hearing and reading of sermons may be useful ; but , if men rest in hearing and praying , as too many do 34 THE RELIGION OF.
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Abraham abridgment appears Arminian Art of Virtue attendance Autobiography believe Benjamin Franklin Berkeley LIBRARY Bible Book of Genesis CALIFORNIA Berkeley CALIFORNIA LIBRARY called character Christ Christian church Colonies confession convictions creed Deborah Reed Deism Deist devoted doctrine doubt duty England evidence express faith Father favor fore forgive France Frank Franklin says Franklin stove gave George Whitefield give Heaven hope human imagine interesting Jesus kind ligion lin's live Lord Lord's Prayer man's ment mind modern moral natural ness never Old Testament opinion orthodox pamphlet Philadelphia pray prayer preachers preaching Presbyterian printed Psalms reason RELIGION OF BENJAMIN religious Richard Bache RICHARD PRICE Satan answered Scriptures sermons Shipley sort spiritual Strahan Testament thee things thou thought tion truth UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA unto Whitefield wife William Dewsbury worship writing Yale College youth
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Página 94 - I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that GOD governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured, sir, in the Sacred Writings, that ' except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Página 55 - That we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity; neither confounding the persons nor dividing the substance. For there is one person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost.
Página 117 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Página 62 - Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; ie, waste nothing. 6. INDUSTRY. Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions. 7. SINCERITY. Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly. 8. JUSTICE. Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty.
Página 100 - The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest perfection.
Página 59 - I think the system of morals and his religion as he left them to us, the best the world ever saw or is like to see, but I apprehend it has received various corrupting changes, and I have with most of the present dissenters in England, some doubts as to his divinity...
Página 55 - For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one ; the glory equal, the- majesty coeternal.
Página 61 - TEMPERANCE. Eat not to dullness ; drink not to elevation. 2. SILENCE. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself avoid trifling conversation.
Página 63 - I enter'd upon the execution of this plan for self-examination, and continu'd it with occasional intermissions for some time. I was surpris'd to find myself so much fuller of faults than I had imagined; but I had the satisfaction of seeing them diminish.
Página 55 - The FATHER is made of none: neither created nor begotten. The SON is of the FATHER alone: not made nor created but begotten. The HOLY GHOST is of the FATHER and of the SON: neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding.