Discourses on Truth: Delivered in the Chapel of the South Carolina CollegeR. Carter, 1855 - Всего страниц: 328 |
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... happiness consists in virtuous . energies that it is not mere pleasure - not the gratification which results from the pos- session of an object congruous to our desires . That is good only in a very subordinate sense , 28 THE ETHICAL ...
... happiness consists in virtuous . energies that it is not mere pleasure - not the gratification which results from the pos- session of an object congruous to our desires . That is good only in a very subordinate sense , 28 THE ETHICAL ...
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... object and a faculty - it is the very heat and fervour of spiritual life . All this is strikingly in accordance with the doctrine of Scripture . Happiness there , too , is represented as consisting in moral per- fection , and moral ...
... object and a faculty - it is the very heat and fervour of spiritual life . All this is strikingly in accordance with the doctrine of Scripture . Happiness there , too , is represented as consisting in moral per- fection , and moral ...
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... objects limit , condition , and obstruct our energies . Besides this , as we shall subsequently see , the fundamental principle of virtue is love , and love implies the existence of a person with whom we are united in intimate ...
... objects limit , condition , and obstruct our energies . Besides this , as we shall subsequently see , the fundamental principle of virtue is love , and love implies the existence of a person with whom we are united in intimate ...
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... it is confidently in- ferred , that because the objects of our thoughts have nothing to do with the distinctions of * Dr. Watts . Sermon on this text . morality , our thoughts themselves are equally exempt from a THE LOVE OF TRUTH . 55.
... it is confidently in- ferred , that because the objects of our thoughts have nothing to do with the distinctions of * Dr. Watts . Sermon on this text . morality , our thoughts themselves are equally exempt from a THE LOVE OF TRUTH . 55.
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... objects which elicit them . They rouse the will ; and that must consult the conscience and the understanding as to the course to be pursued . Corresponding to all these springs of action there are moral laws , in obedience to which the ...
... objects which elicit them . They rouse the will ; and that must consult the conscience and the understanding as to the course to be pursued . Corresponding to all these springs of action there are moral laws , in obedience to which the ...
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Стр. 75 - ... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.
Стр. 305 - It is good also not to try experiments in states, except the necessity be urgent, or the utility evident ; and well to beware that it be the reformation that draweth on the change, and not the desire of change that pretendeth the reformation.
Стр. 172 - But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Стр. 269 - When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Стр. 253 - And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
Стр. 281 - ... remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Стр. 254 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, 21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God...
Стр. 268 - When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
Стр. 240 - Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship and humility, and neglecting of the body ; not in any honor to the satisfying of the flesh.
Стр. 33 - Scotch catechism says that man's chief end is "to glorify God and enjoy Him forever".