Thoughts on the Cause of Evil, Physical and Moral: In a Series of LettersJames Carpenter, 1810 - 174 páginas |
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... perhaps , will tell us , that the physical ills to which we are sub- ject do not prevent our happiness , if we discharge our duty ; and that virtue on the rack , or suffocating in the Black Hole of Calcutta , is happier than vice in any ...
... perhaps , will tell us , that the physical ills to which we are sub- ject do not prevent our happiness , if we discharge our duty ; and that virtue on the rack , or suffocating in the Black Hole of Calcutta , is happier than vice in any ...
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... perhaps unless we con- sider them as prophetic condemnations of those absurd and monstrous doctrines of vicarious guilt and justification , which , in the idolatrous superstitions of antiquity , caused the horrid abomination of human ...
... perhaps unless we con- sider them as prophetic condemnations of those absurd and monstrous doctrines of vicarious guilt and justification , which , in the idolatrous superstitions of antiquity , caused the horrid abomination of human ...
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... Perhaps , too , the matter may be accounted for by moral causes . All strong liquors are rarer in the north , and conse- quently are more coveted , " & c . But why are they rarer in the north ? Because the climate is not suited to the ...
... Perhaps , too , the matter may be accounted for by moral causes . All strong liquors are rarer in the north , and conse- quently are more coveted , " & c . But why are they rarer in the north ? Because the climate is not suited to the ...
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... Perhaps , too , the fact is false , that nature has , either from moral or physical causes , distributed these different inclinations to the different climates . The ancient Greeks , though born in a warm climate , seem to have been ...
... Perhaps , too , the fact is false , that nature has , either from moral or physical causes , distributed these different inclinations to the different climates . The ancient Greeks , though born in a warm climate , seem to have been ...
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... perhaps no motive , changed in a way that is far from confirming the opinion of Mr. Hume . He says again : " The French , Greeks , Egyptians , and Persians , are remarkable for gaiety . The Spaniards , Turks , and Chinese , are noted ...
... perhaps no motive , changed in a way that is far from confirming the opinion of Mr. Hume . He says again : " The French , Greeks , Egyptians , and Persians , are remarkable for gaiety . The Spaniards , Turks , and Chinese , are noted ...
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Página 26 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son : the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Página 87 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Página 167 - Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Página 167 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field: upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat, all the days of thy life: and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Página 146 - And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians; and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant Moses.
Página 145 - But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. 5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
Página 144 - And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
Página 137 - O, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou...
Página 25 - The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers; every man shall be put to dcath for his own sin.
Página 55 - Whatever it be that forms the manners of one generation, the next must imbibe a deeper tincture of the same dye; men being more susceptible of all impressions during infancy, and retaining these impressions as long as they remain in the world.