The Genius and Design of the Domestic Constitution, with Its Untransferable Obligations and Peculiar Advantages |
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... ment ? " That on which right and wrong depend , " even a heathen sage has told us , " that on which right and wrong depend , did not begin to be law when it was written ; it is older than the ages of na- tions and cities , and ...
... ment ? " That on which right and wrong depend , " even a heathen sage has told us , " that on which right and wrong depend , did not begin to be law when it was written ; it is older than the ages of na- tions and cities , and ...
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... ment . Precisely the same remark will apply to the fourth command- A great multiplicity of new external rites were about to be imposed . The Sabbath , ancient as the first week of time , required now to be guarded and sanctioned , lest ...
... ment . Precisely the same remark will apply to the fourth command- A great multiplicity of new external rites were about to be imposed . The Sabbath , ancient as the first week of time , required now to be guarded and sanctioned , lest ...
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... ment or reward , and then both parties conceive that they have well fulfilled their mutual obligations . Mul- titudes , however , of persons professing the Christian religion , go not even so far as this : the poor and mi- serable light ...
... ment or reward , and then both parties conceive that they have well fulfilled their mutual obligations . Mul- titudes , however , of persons professing the Christian religion , go not even so far as this : the poor and mi- serable light ...
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... ment , suspends the operation of his own law , -a proof that its sanction , in his hands , far from being charge- able with undue severity , was fraught with mercy to the community as such ; for , in regard to all that has been already ...
... ment , suspends the operation of his own law , -a proof that its sanction , in his hands , far from being charge- able with undue severity , was fraught with mercy to the community as such ; for , in regard to all that has been already ...
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... ment , framed with minute and awful correspondence to the sin of the offending parent . Hence it is that disobedience , or even neglect of duty , is another day visited and displayed , not by the decease only , but by the ignorance or ...
... ment , framed with minute and awful correspondence to the sin of the offending parent . Hence it is that disobedience , or even neglect of duty , is another day visited and displayed , not by the decease only , but by the ignorance or ...
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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.