The Genius and Design of the Domestic Constitution, with Its Untransferable Obligations and Peculiar Advantages |
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... duty of the generation going away has been , in the estimation of many , well discharged . But if , over and above the natural connexion ad- mitted by many as existing between the two genera- tions , there is yet another of far superior ...
... duty of the generation going away has been , in the estimation of many , well discharged . But if , over and above the natural connexion ad- mitted by many as existing between the two genera- tions , there is yet another of far superior ...
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... duty had been the common law of man , before the decalogue was given on Sinai , or a single Mosaic statute was in existence ; not only that the connexion between parent and child had been well understood from the beginning , and in ...
... duty had been the common law of man , before the decalogue was given on Sinai , or a single Mosaic statute was in existence ; not only that the connexion between parent and child had been well understood from the beginning , and in ...
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... duties of no common order are involved in this connexion . Let but this voice of Nature unite with that of Re- velation , and then the connexion between parent and child will be at once understood and felt : a connexion , however ...
... duties of no common order are involved in this connexion . Let but this voice of Nature unite with that of Re- velation , and then the connexion between parent and child will be at once understood and felt : a connexion , however ...
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... duties which must one day devolve upon them . And , oh , what an argument do the children furnish , to both parents and servants , their superiors and inferiors in rank , for enforcing the necessity of moral worth ! The main object ...
... duties which must one day devolve upon them . And , oh , what an argument do the children furnish , to both parents and servants , their superiors and inferiors in rank , for enforcing the necessity of moral worth ! The main object ...
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... The connexion , therefore , which we now consider , involves in it " the duties of a cordial intimacy , ren- dered more sacred by relationship to the parents from whom we have sprung , and to whom we owe DOMESTIC CONNEXIONS . 39.
... The connexion , therefore , which we now consider , involves in it " the duties of a cordial intimacy , ren- dered more sacred by relationship to the parents from whom we have sprung , and to whom we owe DOMESTIC CONNEXIONS . 39.
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Abraham affection Almighty apostles authority Balaam blessing called Canaan character chil child Children Christ Christian Christian Parent church Cleopas command connexion conscience daily daugh death delightful descend disposition divine Doeg the Edomite Domestic Constitution dren duty dwell Egypt eminent evil faith Father favour hand hath hear heart heaven Hobab honour human idolatry important influence instruction interest Israel Jehovah Jesus Jews Jonadab Judea Kenites king labour live master ment mercy Messiah mind moral Moses Mother mother of Jesus nation nature neglect never nexion obedience obligation observe once peculiar posterity prayer principles proof prophet racter reader reason Rechab Rechabites reference regard remarkable sacred Saviour Scripture seems servant shew sins Sir William Jones soul spirit surely tender thee ther thine things thou shalt tion truth unto whole wife wisdom word