Thoughts on the Cause of Evil, Physical and Moral: In a Series of LettersJames Carpenter, 1810 - 174 páginas |
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... telling us that " man is born unto trouble as the sparks fly up- wards * , " and that " it needs must that offences come , " would have explained to us the purpose for which such melancholy laws are impressed on our nature . With this ...
... telling us that " man is born unto trouble as the sparks fly up- wards * , " and that " it needs must that offences come , " would have explained to us the purpose for which such melancholy laws are impressed on our nature . With this ...
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... tell us , that the physical ills to which we are sub- ject do not prevent our happiness , if we discharge our duty ; and that virtue on the rack , or suffocating in the Black Hole of Calcutta , is happier than vice in any pos- sible ...
... tell us , that the physical ills to which we are sub- ject do not prevent our happiness , if we discharge our duty ; and that virtue on the rack , or suffocating in the Black Hole of Calcutta , is happier than vice in any pos- sible ...
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... is much to be re- gretted that our knowledge of his nature and history bears such a small proportion to the prodigious influence he is said to have on the eternal destiny of man . All that divines tell us of him is , that 29.
... is much to be re- gretted that our knowledge of his nature and history bears such a small proportion to the prodigious influence he is said to have on the eternal destiny of man . All that divines tell us of him is , that 29.
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In a Series of Letters Henry William Lovett. All that divines tell us of him is , that he was not originally a mischievous and damn- ed being as he now is , but , on the contra- ry , that he was highly in favor with God ; but that he ...
In a Series of Letters Henry William Lovett. All that divines tell us of him is , that he was not originally a mischievous and damn- ed being as he now is , but , on the contra- ry , that he was highly in favor with God ; but that he ...
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... tell us that some people die by the visitation of God , others by murder , and others by accident ; meaning thereby , I sup- pose , that accidents are events with which neither God nor man has any thing to do . Now this application of ...
... tell us that some people die by the visitation of God , others by murder , and others by accident ; meaning thereby , I sup- pose , that accidents are events with which neither God nor man has any thing to do . Now this application of ...
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Página 26 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son : the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Página 87 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Página 167 - Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Página 167 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field: upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat, all the days of thy life: and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Página 146 - And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians; and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant Moses.
Página 145 - But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. 5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
Página 144 - And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
Página 137 - O, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou...
Página 25 - The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers; every man shall be put to dcath for his own sin.
Página 55 - Whatever it be that forms the manners of one generation, the next must imbibe a deeper tincture of the same dye; men being more susceptible of all impressions during infancy, and retaining these impressions as long as they remain in the world.