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... received , the books they have read , and the opinions . they have imbibed , in seasons of leisure and quietness . Some ; judicious persons , who were present at Geneva during the trou bles which lately convulsed that city , thought ...
... received , the books they have read , and the opinions . they have imbibed , in seasons of leisure and quietness . Some ; judicious persons , who were present at Geneva during the trou bles which lately convulsed that city , thought ...
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... receiving , as men grow up , continual accessions of strength and vigour , from censure and encouragement , from the books they read , the conversations they hear , the current application of epithets , the general turn of language ...
... receiving , as men grow up , continual accessions of strength and vigour , from censure and encouragement , from the books they read , the conversations they hear , the current application of epithets , the general turn of language ...
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... received also from nature à distinct conception of the action we are thus prompted to approve ; which we certainly have not received . But as this argument bears alike against all in- stincts , and against their existence in brutes as ...
... received also from nature à distinct conception of the action we are thus prompted to approve ; which we certainly have not received . But as this argument bears alike against all in- stincts , and against their existence in brutes as ...
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... received into heaven , and the best who is excluded . And how know we , it might be answered , but that there may be as little to choose in their conditions ? Without entering into a detail of scripture mo- rality , which would ...
... received into heaven , and the best who is excluded . And how know we , it might be answered , but that there may be as little to choose in their conditions ? Without entering into a detail of scripture mo- rality , which would ...
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... received mine own with usury . Take therefore the talent from him , and give it unto him 2 Pet . i . 5 , 6 , 7 . +1 Cor . vi . 9 , 10 . James v . 20 . + 1 Pet . iv . 8 . which hath ten talents ; for unto every one that 54 Virtue .
... received mine own with usury . Take therefore the talent from him , and give it unto him 2 Pet . i . 5 , 6 , 7 . +1 Cor . vi . 9 , 10 . James v . 20 . + 1 Pet . iv . 8 . which hath ten talents ; for unto every one that 54 Virtue .
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Page 285 - See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
Page 292 - For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things, " that ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication, from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well.
Page 181 - And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 180 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Page 268 - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Page 290 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work : but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates : that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
Page 54 - Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God ? Be not deceived : neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Page 328 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same : for he is the minister of God- to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain : for he is the minister o of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Page 289 - Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.
Page 48 - Virtue is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the Will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.