The Genius and Design of the Domestic Constitution, with Its Untransferable Obligations and Peculiar Advantages |
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... Authority - evils for which , by the will of God , Parents alone are responsible , and which they alone can rectify or remove . Every in- quiry into faction and disorder , degeneracy in morals and increase of crime , must , of necessity ...
... Authority - evils for which , by the will of God , Parents alone are responsible , and which they alone can rectify or remove . Every in- quiry into faction and disorder , degeneracy in morals and increase of crime , must , of necessity ...
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... authority of the professed teachers of religion , was sufficient to account for all the misery which they then endured ; and it is worthy of notice , that when the Saviour meant to substantiate this charge , he did so by a reference ...
... authority of the professed teachers of religion , was sufficient to account for all the misery which they then endured ; and it is worthy of notice , that when the Saviour meant to substantiate this charge , he did so by a reference ...
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... authority ; and there , too , as a priest , is he to officiate on behalf of others as well as himself . By the exercise of the former character , his veneration for God is advanced , while he remembers , that , as a king unto God , ' an ...
... authority ; and there , too , as a priest , is he to officiate on behalf of others as well as himself . By the exercise of the former character , his veneration for God is advanced , while he remembers , that , as a king unto God , ' an ...
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... authority he thus sanctioned , the reasoning goes back , not to Moses merely , or to any peculiarity in the Mosaic economy ; not to Abraham or the covenant made with him , but to the creation of man at the beginning . It points directly ...
... authority he thus sanctioned , the reasoning goes back , not to Moses merely , or to any peculiarity in the Mosaic economy ; not to Abraham or the covenant made with him , but to the creation of man at the beginning . It points directly ...
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... authority and piety of Job may be con- jectured , from his constant practice , and the as con- stant compliance of his children , after such family festivity . His authority he had not even now laid aside , nor had he , even when his ...
... authority and piety of Job may be con- jectured , from his constant practice , and the as con- stant compliance of his children , after such family festivity . His authority he had not even now laid aside , nor had he , even when his ...
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Page 354 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Page 234 - And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Page 84 - Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
Page 42 - Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
Page 381 - And when the Chief Priests and Scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David...
Page 98 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 54 - And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
Page 375 - Incline your ear, and come unto me : hear, and your soul shall live ; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Page 99 - I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence, and that after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service, with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest.
Page 280 - Howbeit, Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.