Views of Christian Truth, Piety, and Morality: Selected from the Writings of Dr. Priestley : with a Memoir of His LifeJ. Munroe and Company, 1834 - 207 páginas |
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... lence that prevails in it , and that the Dissenters are the ob- jects of it . Mr. Pitt very justly observed , in his speech on the subject of the riots at Birmingham , that it was " the effer- vescence of the public mind . " Indeed the ...
... lence that prevails in it , and that the Dissenters are the ob- jects of it . Mr. Pitt very justly observed , in his speech on the subject of the riots at Birmingham , that it was " the effer- vescence of the public mind . " Indeed the ...
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... lence ; and the pleasures of benovolence certainly constitute the greatest part of those pleasures which we refer to the moral sense . They must necessarily do so , while the founda- tion of all virtue and right conduct is the happiness ...
... lence ; and the pleasures of benovolence certainly constitute the greatest part of those pleasures which we refer to the moral sense . They must necessarily do so , while the founda- tion of all virtue and right conduct is the happiness ...
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... acts of kind- ness in others , which strengthens the principle of benevo- lence , and thus meliorates the disposition , consequently the 108 CHARITY THE DEBT OF THE RICH TO THE POOR Charity the Debt of the Rich to the Poor - -
... acts of kind- ness in others , which strengthens the principle of benevo- lence , and thus meliorates the disposition , consequently the 108 CHARITY THE DEBT OF THE RICH TO THE POOR Charity the Debt of the Rich to the Poor - -
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... lence being the great law of our natures , and the happiness of all being the great object of the Divine government , what- ever it be that promotes this end , is the proper duty of all , according to their respective abilities to ...
... lence being the great law of our natures , and the happiness of all being the great object of the Divine government , what- ever it be that promotes this end , is the proper duty of all , according to their respective abilities to ...
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... lence ; the consequence of which is a capacity for higher and more durable gratifications with respect to a man's self , and superior qualifications and dispositions for communica- ting happiness to others . Also , the great views ...
... lence ; the consequence of which is a capacity for higher and more durable gratifications with respect to a man's self , and superior qualifications and dispositions for communica- ting happiness to others . Also , the great views ...
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Página 22 - Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink ? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in ? or naked, and clothed thee ? or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
Página 35 - When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
Página 23 - And call no man your father upon the earth : for one is your Father which is in heaven.
Página 165 - Socrates, which nobody presumes to doubt, is not so well attested as that of Jesus Christ. Such a supposition, in fact, only shifts the difficulty without obviating it ; it is more inconceivable that a number of persons should agree to write such a history, than that one should furnish the subject of it.
Página 23 - Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Página 35 - Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in, and dwell there : and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
Página 2 - For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Página 165 - What sweetness, what purity in his manners ! what an affecting gracefulness in his delivery ! what sublimity in his maxims ! what profound wisdom in his discourses ! what presence of mind, what subtlety, what truth in his replies!
Página 174 - Being, in whose hand our breath is, and whose are all our ways.
Página 165 - What presence of mind, what subtlety, what truth in his replies! How great the command over his passions! Where is the man, where the philosopher, who could so live, and so die, without weakness, and without ostentation...