An examination of the principles of peace and war, as connected with religion and morality; particularly in reference to the formation of Peace Societies |
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... innocent lives : that is , that there are many things they may either do , or leave undone . With this kind of rea- soning , people go on as they list ; placing the line of distinction between what they term innocent , and bad and good ...
... innocent lives : that is , that there are many things they may either do , or leave undone . With this kind of rea- soning , people go on as they list ; placing the line of distinction between what they term innocent , and bad and good ...
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term innocent , and bad and good actions , just where they please . If what the apostle Paul says , is true , that " whatever is not of faith is sin , " * it follows , that all our actions partake of good or evil : and I think the same ...
term innocent , and bad and good actions , just where they please . If what the apostle Paul says , is true , that " whatever is not of faith is sin , " * it follows , that all our actions partake of good or evil : and I think the same ...
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spend it in innocent things ; or plenty of time , that they may use it innocently with- out ever considering , that those things which they call innocent , are really in themselves good or evil ; and that they are all sinful to those ...
spend it in innocent things ; or plenty of time , that they may use it innocently with- out ever considering , that those things which they call innocent , are really in themselves good or evil ; and that they are all sinful to those ...
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... innocent act , neither good nor evil . If in doing it he has had his own ends in view , has gratified his pride and os- tentation , it is selfish , and is really a wicked act ; yet his reason would be very apt to per- sude him , as the ...
... innocent act , neither good nor evil . If in doing it he has had his own ends in view , has gratified his pride and os- tentation , it is selfish , and is really a wicked act ; yet his reason would be very apt to per- sude him , as the ...
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... observations will apply with equal force to those who join in elections : they are so much strife against strife , so nearly allied to open war , that I do not perceive how even those who talk about innocent things , can join in 69.
... observations will apply with equal force to those who join in elections : they are so much strife against strife , so nearly allied to open war , that I do not perceive how even those who talk about innocent things , can join in 69.
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Page 98 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 61 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, Let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you nor fields of offerings : For there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, The shield of Saul as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Page 80 - Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice ; surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it...
Page 47 - For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Page 43 - Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Page 61 - THE beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon : lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Page 23 - Thou art the anointed Cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
Page 59 - And therefore, while they are in that condition, we shall not say, That war, undertaken upon a just occasion, is altogether unlawful to them. For even as circumcision and the other ceremonies were for a season permitted to the Jews, not because they were either necessary...
Page 33 - For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
Page 68 - With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.