Sketches of the History of Man: In Four Volumes, Volumen4William Bell, 1802 |
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... faid , it muft afford great fatisfac- tion , ro find morality established upon the most solid of all foundations , viz intuitive perception , which is not only a fingle mental act , but is complete in itfelf , having no dependence on ...
... faid , it muft afford great fatisfac- tion , ro find morality established upon the most solid of all foundations , viz intuitive perception , which is not only a fingle mental act , but is complete in itfelf , having no dependence on ...
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... faid , about re- dreffing fuch wrongs , nor about preventing the reiteration of them . To accomplish thefe important ends , there are added to the moral fyftem , laws relative to rewards and punishments , and to reparation ; of which in ...
... faid , about re- dreffing fuch wrongs , nor about preventing the reiteration of them . To accomplish thefe important ends , there are added to the moral fyftem , laws relative to rewards and punishments , and to reparation ; of which in ...
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... faid , the following obfervation will occur : The pain of tranfgreffing juftice , fidelity , or any duty , is much greater than the pleasure of performing ; but the pain of neglecting a generous action , or any fecondary virtue , is as ...
... faid , the following obfervation will occur : The pain of tranfgreffing juftice , fidelity , or any duty , is much greater than the pleasure of performing ; but the pain of neglecting a generous action , or any fecondary virtue , is as ...
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... faid upon culpable actions is equally applica- ble to culpable omiffions ; for by these also mischief may be occafioned , entitling the fufferer to reparation . If we forbear to do our duty with an intention to occafion mif- chief , the ...
... faid upon culpable actions is equally applica- ble to culpable omiffions ; for by these also mischief may be occafioned , entitling the fufferer to reparation . If we forbear to do our duty with an intention to occafion mif- chief , the ...
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... faid , that there can be no virtue where there is no ftruggle . Virtue , it is true , is beft known from a ftruggle : a man who has never met with a tempta- tion , can be little confident of his virtue . But the ob- fervation taken in a ...
... faid , that there can be no virtue where there is no ftruggle . Virtue , it is true , is beft known from a ftruggle : a man who has never met with a tempta- tion , can be little confident of his virtue . But the ob- fervation taken in a ...
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Página 191 - Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Página 204 - And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from Heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did ? But He turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
Página 99 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Página 181 - The lord then answered him, and said Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall and lead him away to watering?
Página 191 - Behold ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
Página 159 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down ; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves : they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them : they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Página 203 - And Abraham answered and said, Lord, he would not worship thee, neither would he call upon thy name ; therefore have I driven him out from before my face into the wilderness.
Página 97 - There is still more skill required to make a man : by whom then was he -made ? He proceeded from his parents, and they from their parents. But some must have been the first parents.
Página 202 - And when Abraham saw that the man blessed not God, he said unto him, Wherefore dost thou not worship the most high God, creator of heaven and earth?
Página 203 - For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.