Discourses on Truth: Delivered in the Chapel of the South Carolina CollegeR. Carter, 1855 - Всего страниц: 328 |
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Стр. 68
... speculation could never suggest to us the notions of right and wrong , of virtue or a crime ; but the materials which conscience supplies become the subjects of philosophic contemplation , and are worked up in the lab- oratory of ...
... speculation could never suggest to us the notions of right and wrong , of virtue or a crime ; but the materials which conscience supplies become the subjects of philosophic contemplation , and are worked up in the lab- oratory of ...
Стр. 73
... speculative falsehood must be fatal to the integrity of morals . He who trifles with the constitution of his nature in those primary convictions which lie at the foundation of all knowledge and philosophy - and error must be ultimately ...
... speculative falsehood must be fatal to the integrity of morals . He who trifles with the constitution of his nature in those primary convictions which lie at the foundation of all knowledge and philosophy - and error must be ultimately ...
Стр. 74
... speculative prin- ciples have no immediate influence in regulat- ing conduct . We live in an age of sophists . A man may believe any thing or nothing ; and yet if his actions are consistent with the standard of public decency , his ...
... speculative prin- ciples have no immediate influence in regulat- ing conduct . We live in an age of sophists . A man may believe any thing or nothing ; and yet if his actions are consistent with the standard of public decency , his ...
Стр. 77
... second death . The spirit of leasing is always one . What in regard to speculative opinions we denominate sophistry , is a species of the same general habit which , developed into action , gives birth to THE LOVE OF TRUTH . 77.
... second death . The spirit of leasing is always one . What in regard to speculative opinions we denominate sophistry , is a species of the same general habit which , developed into action , gives birth to THE LOVE OF TRUTH . 77.
Стр. 78
... speculation is the hypocrite of practice . The same temper which prompts us to pre- varicate on one subject , will prompt us to prevaricate on all . As the soul is one and in- divisible , and understanding , affections , mem- ory and ...
... speculation is the hypocrite of practice . The same temper which prompts us to pre- varicate on one subject , will prompt us to prevaricate on all . As the soul is one and in- divisible , and understanding , affections , mem- ory and ...
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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".