Sketches of the History of Man: In Four Volumes, Volumen4United Company of Booksellers, 1775 |
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... respect to the rules of morality . Thefe facts tend not to difprove the reality of a common fenfe in morals : they only prove , that the moral fenfe has not been equally perfect at all times , nor in all countries . This branch of the ...
... respect to the rules of morality . Thefe facts tend not to difprove the reality of a common fenfe in morals : they only prove , that the moral fenfe has not been equally perfect at all times , nor in all countries . This branch of the ...
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... respect to right and wrong , is effential to focial beings . Did the moral fen- timents of men differ as much as their faces , they would be altogether unqualified for fociety : difcord and con- troverfy would be endless , and major vis ...
... respect to right and wrong , is effential to focial beings . Did the moral fen- timents of men differ as much as their faces , they would be altogether unqualified for fociety : difcord and con- troverfy would be endless , and major vis ...
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... respect to o- thers . Propriety dictates , that we ought to act up to the dignity of our nature , and to the ftation ... respecting others , we find them more or lefs extenfive ; but none fo exten- five as to have for their end the good ...
... respect to o- thers . Propriety dictates , that we ought to act up to the dignity of our nature , and to the ftation ... respecting others , we find them more or lefs extenfive ; but none fo exten- five as to have for their end the good ...
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... respect to thefe , the moral fenfe leaves us at freedom : a benevolent act is approved , but the omiffion is not condemned . This holds ftrictly in fingle acts ; but in viewing the whole of man's conduct , the moral fenfe appears to ...
... respect to thefe , the moral fenfe leaves us at freedom : a benevolent act is approved , but the omiffion is not condemned . This holds ftrictly in fingle acts ; but in viewing the whole of man's conduct , the moral fenfe appears to ...
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... respect to the moral characters of men , and with respect to rewards and punishments , a different ftandard is erect- ed in the common fenfe of mankind , neither rigid nor inflexible ; which is , the opinion that men have of their own ...
... respect to the moral characters of men , and with respect to rewards and punishments , a different ftandard is erect- ed in the common fenfe of mankind , neither rigid nor inflexible ; which is , the opinion that men have of their own ...
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Página 25 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Página 188 - Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Página 200 - And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Página 200 - For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
Página 199 - And when Abraham saw that the man blessed not God, he said unto him, 'wherefore dost thou not worship the most high God, Creator of heaven and earth?
Página 179 - Redeem then your souls from destruction while you have the means in your power ; offer presents and tithes to churchmen ; come more frequently to church; humbly implore the patronage of the saints ; for, if you observe these things, you may come with security in the day of retribution to the tribunal of the eternal judge, and say, ' Give to us, O Lord, for we have given unto thee.
Página 94 - There is still more skill required to make a man : by whom then was he -made ? He proceeded from his parents, and they from their parents. But some must have been the first parents.
Página 78 - ... sheepfolds, their pastures, their woods, and their corn-fields : that the other counties of England were in no better condition than Somersetshire, and many of them were even in a worse : that there were at least three or four hundred able-bodied vagabonds in every county who lived by theft and rapine, and who sometimes met in troops to the number of sixty, and committed spoil on the inhabitants...
Página 200 - Let us, therefore, follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Página 188 - I have chofen ? to loofe the bands of wickednefs, to " undo the heavy burdens, and to let the opprefled go '• free, and that. ye break every yoke? Is it not to " deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring " the poor that are caft out, to thy houfe? when thou *' feeft the naked, that thou cover him, and that thou " hide not thyfelf from thine own flefh («)?" The moft extraordinary penance of all, is celibacy, confidered as a religious duty.