The Principles of Moral and Political PhilosophyJohn West, 1801 - 492 sider |
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... thefe few adages fuch a the- ory of the primitive rights of human nature , as will evince the il- legality of flavery ; but furely an author requires too much of his * Preface to The Preceptor , by Dr. Johnson . + Dr. Ferguson , author ...
... thefe few adages fuch a the- ory of the primitive rights of human nature , as will evince the il- legality of flavery ; but furely an author requires too much of his * Preface to The Preceptor , by Dr. Johnson . + Dr. Ferguson , author ...
Side xi
... thefe affertions intelligible . There is a fault , the oppofite of this , which fome moralifts who have adopted a different , and I think a better plan of compofition , have not always been careful to avoid ; namely , the dwelling upon ...
... thefe affertions intelligible . There is a fault , the oppofite of this , which fome moralifts who have adopted a different , and I think a better plan of compofition , have not always been careful to avoid ; namely , the dwelling upon ...
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... thefe excufes , if I want- ed them ; but the vindication upon which I rely is the following . In ftating the principle of morals , the reader will obferve that I have employed fome industry in explaining the theory , and fhew- ing the ...
... thefe excufes , if I want- ed them ; but the vindication upon which I rely is the following . In ftating the principle of morals , the reader will obferve that I have employed fome industry in explaining the theory , and fhew- ing the ...
Side xv
... thefe doctrines , I would not be understood , by what I have faid , to ex- prefs any judgment concerning either . I only mean to remark , that fuch doctrines are not without effect ; and that it is of practi cal importance to have the ...
... thefe doctrines , I would not be understood , by what I have faid , to ex- prefs any judgment concerning either . I only mean to remark , that fuch doctrines are not without effect ; and that it is of practi cal importance to have the ...
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... thefe exceptions and abate- ments , it cannot be denied , but that fome forts of actions command and receive the esteem of mankind more than others ; and that the approbation of them is general , though not univerfal : as to this they ...
... thefe exceptions and abate- ments , it cannot be denied , but that fome forts of actions command and receive the esteem of mankind more than others ; and that the approbation of them is general , though not univerfal : as to this they ...
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Side 326 - ... he is a 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 of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath- but also for conscience
Side 326 - 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 of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Side 173 - Therefore, when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Side 267 - And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint...
Side 296 - I say unto you, Swear not at all : neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool...
Side 54 - His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed : thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
Side 187 - Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded ? 8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
Side 266 - Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
Side 326 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the LORD'S sake; whether it be to the king, as supreme; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him, for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well, For so is the will of GOD, that with welldoing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: as free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness ; but as the servants of GOD.
Side 144 - And the oath of allegiance, as administered for upwards of six hundred years, contained a promise " to be true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear of life and limb and terrene honour, and not to know or hear of any ill or damage intended him, without defending him therefrom.