The Genius and Design of the Domestic Constitution, with Its Untransferable Obligations and Peculiar Advantages |
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Page ix
... reader , then , be in pursuit of this " parent idea in morals , this matrix of a better order of things , " let him feel no dis- appointment , though he should hear both philosophy and ethics say , it is not in us - or human sagacity ...
... reader , then , be in pursuit of this " parent idea in morals , this matrix of a better order of things , " let him feel no dis- appointment , though he should hear both philosophy and ethics say , it is not in us - or human sagacity ...
Page xi
... opulent , descends To the next rank contagious , and in time Taints downward all the graduated scale Of order , from the chariot to the plough . " * * Cowper . The reader may perhaps now imagine , that , in PREFACE . хі.
... opulent , descends To the next rank contagious , and in time Taints downward all the graduated scale Of order , from the chariot to the plough . " * * Cowper . The reader may perhaps now imagine , that , in PREFACE . хі.
Page xii
... reader . At the same time , he owes it to himself to state , that no individual can ever be more sensible than he is , of the imperfections which may perhaps be detected in every following section . In sincerity he says this , from a ...
... reader . At the same time , he owes it to himself to state , that no individual can ever be more sensible than he is , of the imperfections which may perhaps be detected in every following section . In sincerity he says this , from a ...
Page 33
... reader of Scripture , the strongest confirmation of the rule in all cases where marriage is in prospect , and when there has been no engagement previous to conversion . The inspired writer is manifestly recognizing , by the way , a ...
... reader of Scripture , the strongest confirmation of the rule in all cases where marriage is in prospect , and when there has been no engagement previous to conversion . The inspired writer is manifestly recognizing , by the way , a ...
Page 35
... reader , therefore , must not be startled at the two tables of the law of God being placed before him . Yes , that basis of all the order and harmony in the universe , the Moral Law , " to which all things in heaven and earth do homage ...
... reader , therefore , must not be startled at the two tables of the law of God being placed before him . Yes , that basis of all the order and harmony in the universe , the Moral Law , " to which all things in heaven and earth do homage ...
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