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... former , is that of apparently inoffensive , and , perhaps , not altogether unserviceable , members of society , con- cealing the real selfishness of our disposition by the conventional laws of decorum , and subduing our natural ...
... former , is that of apparently inoffensive , and , perhaps , not altogether unserviceable , members of society , con- cealing the real selfishness of our disposition by the conventional laws of decorum , and subduing our natural ...
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... former mode of seeing it , natural religion will seem to be concurrent with it , and to constitute an integral portion of it ; whilst , according to the latter , it will in some measure be opposed to it . This distinction , we repeat ...
... former mode of seeing it , natural religion will seem to be concurrent with it , and to constitute an integral portion of it ; whilst , according to the latter , it will in some measure be opposed to it . This distinction , we repeat ...
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... former subjects of doubt , is itself quite as perplexing as those which it has removed . It is impossible to deny that Newton has truly explained the phenomena of the planetary system , by referring them to the universal law of ...
... former subjects of doubt , is itself quite as perplexing as those which it has removed . It is impossible to deny that Newton has truly explained the phenomena of the planetary system , by referring them to the universal law of ...
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... former one for granted , will , in some measure reconcile their con- tradictions , and establish their compatibility with th arrangements of Divine wisdom . Considered in this point of view , many circum- stances in the doctrines of the ...
... former one for granted , will , in some measure reconcile their con- tradictions , and establish their compatibility with th arrangements of Divine wisdom . Considered in this point of view , many circum- stances in the doctrines of the ...
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... former case , attempt to give an explanation of this circumstance . One thing , however , has at all events been established by it : that is to say , it has by this means been irrefragably proved , that the highest powers of unassisted ...
... former case , attempt to give an explanation of this circumstance . One thing , however , has at all events been established by it : that is to say , it has by this means been irrefragably proved , that the highest powers of unassisted ...
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Page 89 - Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves ; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female...
Page 142 - Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: he shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best : thou shalt not oppress him.
Page 89 - And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day...
Page 90 - Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself : I am the LORD.
Page 89 - Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
Page 60 - And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil ; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree -of life, and eat, and live for ever...
Page 141 - And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish ; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. 27 And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
Page 91 - ... When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
Page 244 - They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
Page 90 - And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard ? thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger : I am the LORD your God.