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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... wickedness shall correct thee , and thy backslidings shall reprove thee : know therefore and see , that it is an evil thing and a bitter that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God , and that my fear is not in thee , saith the Lord God of ...
... wickedness shall correct thee , and thy backslidings shall reprove thee : know therefore and see , that it is an evil thing and a bitter that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God , and that my fear is not in thee , saith the Lord God of ...
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... the heart is so corrupt as to desire to do a wicked act , that act , as to its wickedness , is completely effected . Whosoever looketh on a woman * 2 Cor . viii . 12 . to lust after her , hath committed adultery already with 33.
... the heart is so corrupt as to desire to do a wicked act , that act , as to its wickedness , is completely effected . Whosoever looketh on a woman * 2 Cor . viii . 12 . to lust after her , hath committed adultery already with 33.
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... wickedness , war is permitted just in propor- tion thereto . If opposition of every kind is war , which I believe it is , it is not confined to the out- ward use of the sword . Every species of law or discipline , as well in civil as ...
... wickedness , war is permitted just in propor- tion thereto . If opposition of every kind is war , which I believe it is , it is not confined to the out- ward use of the sword . Every species of law or discipline , as well in civil as ...
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... wickedness is full . The day of judgment is come to every one ; we want none to judge or condemn us , we are daily judged by the light within us , if we would give heed to it " this is the condemnation , that light is come into the ...
... wickedness is full . The day of judgment is come to every one ; we want none to judge or condemn us , we are daily judged by the light within us , if we would give heed to it " this is the condemnation , that light is come into the ...
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... wickedness , and would look in vain for much direction . The Almighty said formerly by his prophets : " shall I be inquired of by you , O house of Israel ? As I live , saith the Lord God , I will not be in- quired of by you ...
... wickedness , and would look in vain for much direction . The Almighty said formerly by his prophets : " shall I be inquired of by you , O house of Israel ? As I live , saith the Lord God , I will not be in- quired of by you ...
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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.