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Affirmations instead of oaths, The advantages of, considered...
Amusements not lawful when injurious to morals....

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.... 216
283

........ 291

-Popular, not necessary to the happiness of life..........
Ancient classics, The tendency of the study of, adverse to Christianity 267
Arbitration instead of litigation recommended by the early Christians.. 164
-The advantages of..........................

Benevolence as it is proposed in the Christian Scriptures......
-The exercise of, required by the Divine will....

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167

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97

-No circumstances in life, in which the exercise of, is suspended... 299
-Imperatively required of men, according to their opportuni-

ties.......

-Sets limits to patriotism..

-The exercise of, incompatible with war.............

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425

Books, he who writes or sells, which will in all probability injure the
reader, is accessory to the mischief which may be done...... 225
-The writers of some, have probably occasioned unnumbered
murders....

238

-The great responsibility of those who derange the moral judg-
ment through.....

258

-Great increase in the number of, calculated to benefit the young.. 264
-The tendency of the study of the ancient classics adverse to the
acceptance of Christianity....

267
Bravery apart from courage not endued with moral qualities...........241, 411
Brotherhood of man, Remarks on the....

......

93

Ceremonial institutions and devotional formularies, On...

.... 123

Christ Jesus, The true and safe foundation of our hope is in the re-
demption that is in...

473

Christianity with its present principles and obligations to produce uni-
versal peace...

444

-The obligations of, binding upon nations as well as individ-
uals.

.102, 318, 451

Christians, Testimony of the early, against war

Civil liberty enjoyed where the principles of political truth and recti-
tude are practised....

-A relative and not a positive enjoyment.......
-Does not necessarily depend upon forms of
Civil obedience, The obligations of, considered.
Complimentary untruths, On

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Conscience, The nature and authority of..

-Is not an enlightening principle, but a principle which is enlight-
ened....

-The dictates of, to be obeyed...........
Courage, Christian, exemplified.....

53

62

271

..243. 304, 335

Crime, The punishment of, considered...

346

-The repetition of, prevented if the offender is reformed.
-The effects of the death penalty upon, examined.....................

347

351

Days, The observance of particular, as of special sanctity, not counte-
nanced by Scripture

Death to be preferred to killing an assailant....

Debts, Why is a man obliged to pay his..

-The obligation to pay, perpetual....

-A legal discharge of, by creditors not necessarily a moral dis-
charge

-Until fully paid, the property of a debtor cannot in equity be con-
sidered his own......

-Incurred by minors...........

-Of unprincipled extravagance incurred by wives.

117

296

135

135

135

138

143

144

-A man is unjust who will not pay his, unless compelled to do so... 146
Devotion, Remarks on sincere, and on factitious semblances of..

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-On formularies of...

123

-When true, is duly maintained, forms of prayer are not needed... 129
-The offices of public, frequently do not supply opportunities for
calmness of recollection..

275

Divine attributes, On endeavoring to deduce rules of conduct from
reasonings respecting the

25

Duelling, The obligations of morality disregarded in....
-Public opinion responsible for the continuance of..

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-The, of the people effects the political welfare...
-The habit of inquiry a valuable effect of....

277

.279 345

281

Enjoyment, The greatest sum of, that which is quietly and constantly
induced...

290

Example, The necessity of virtuous as an agency in moral reform, in-
culcated...

223

-The powerful influence of, particularly of parents....

263

Expediency not the standard of right and wrong..

Expediency, The principles of, fluctuating and inconsistent.........

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Falsehood and deception..........

-Encouraged by the use of oaths........................

Fame, Enduring, to be accorded to him who is good as well as great.... 254
Faults of great men, Animadversions on the disposition to treat the,
leniently

254

322

188, 216

221

Field-sports, The ill effects of

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First day of the week, On the rightful observance of the, as a day for
the exercise of public worship....

Forbearance, The nature and effects of Christian

Gambling, Remarks on paying debts incurred in
-A general accompaniment of horse-racing....

Government, The authority and limits of civil

-The authority of, explicitly asserted in the Christian Scriptures.. 82
-Injustice, etc., committed by, would be much lessened if repu-
table men did not lend their agency.

-The servant of the community

-Measures of, should commend themselves to the judgment and
affections of the people.......

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289

82

229

310

313

-Obedience to, enforced both by expediency and Christianity..
-When obedience to, may be withdrawn..

327

331

-Alterations in, may be effected by Christian methods............
-The proper object of, the happiness of the people...................................

331

342

History, The rectification of public opinion on important subjects may
be largely aided by writers on...

260

-The sickening details of, in Europe largely due to vicious and
mistaken principles of government..

317

Holy Scriptures, Moral legislation as exhibited in the, is a system
founded upon authority.....

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-The will of God when communicated through the, is final...
-Those who have not the, are not destitute of a direct communi-
cation of the will of God.....

-Of the Patriarchal, Mosaic and Christian dispensations the latter
are of paramount obligation..

-On the mode of applying the precepts of, to questions of duty.
-The wide practical applicability of precepts of the, an argument
of great wisdom...

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-Remarks on certain precepts in the, of general application.....
-Testimony of the, to the immediate communication of the will of
God

44

-The authority of civil government explicitly asserted in the........
-Oaths forbidden by the New Testament.

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-The dispositions which lead to war condemned by the....

425

Horse-racing an amusement of almost unmingled evil...
Houses of infamy..

289

154

Infidelity, There is no rest to the mind, in the reasonings of

35

-Professed by those who usually do not know what Christianity is 130
-Professed by some from motives which are contemptible or de-
testable.

132

Immoral agency of reputable men, On the

223

Insane, The most scrupulous observance of good faith necessary in the
treatment of the

197

Insolvency, The obligations which morality enjoins in reference to...... 135
-The dishonesty of endeavoring to obtain credit by deceptive
appearances....

151

Introversion of mind a great auxiliary of moral character....

275

-The temptations and difficulties met by the conscientious lawyer
resulting from the general system of the.

Law of nations, Obligations and authority of the......

Law of nature, The authority and limits of the authority of the...
-Involves no obligation but that which is imposed by the Divine
will......

Law of rectitude, An internal, to be implicitly obeyed
Laws. Useless, do harm..........

Judicial oaths prohibited by Jesus Christ.......

Judgment of actions should be formed with reference to the motives,
Our..........

Law of honor, The character and obligation of the.
Law of the land, The authority and limits of the......

-Not everything which is in accordance with the, is morally
right...

...85, 171

-Arbitration to be preferred to the, in the settlement of disputes... 164
-Equity at times sacrificed to the.....

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326

Legal practice, The morality of, examined

.170, 251

-Effects of upon the personal character of the profession..
-The probable results of sterling integrity in reforming..
Lies, always, and for whatever purpose prohibited by the Divine will.. 194
Libraries in many cases, a source of moral injury..
Litigation discouraged by the early Christians..
Legislation, The primary object of, to promote virtue
Love, The inculcation of in the Christian Scriptures, as of paramount
obligation, a characteristic of the present dispensation........ 49

186

187

228

164

........ 342

Magistrate, Obedience to the, enforced by Christianity............

.327, 348

-The powers of the, cease, when it becomes immoral to obey.......... 336
Masquerades afford to many an opportunity for covert licentiousness.. 286
Military glory, The desire for, a powerful incentive to war...............238, 403
-Destined to sink into forgetfulness.............

247, 404

Ministry of the gospel, A theological education not necessary to the..... 379
-Stated remuneration for the, adapted to an imperfect state of the
Christian church..

-Voluntary payment in connection with the, considered
-The ill effects of paying for preaching..

-The qualifications for the, stated...

Moral education, On........

-The requisites necessary in..

Moral law, The, as exhibited in the Christian Scriptures of paramount
authority.

Moral legislation, The promotion of virtue, and the punishment of vice
the two objects of..

Moral obligation, The foundation of

--Identical authority of, with religious obligation......

Moral sense, Review of opinions respecting a.....

Morality founded upon a law written externally, and a law communi-

cated to the heart....

-Religion the basis of..

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263

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Morality of legal practice examined, The..

-The injury to, by war......

-An advance towards a higher standard of, perceptible..
-The practice of, not all that God requires of man...
Music, The deceptive effects of sacred, upon the mind

170

409

472

473

Nations, The principles of morality are binding upon as well as upon
individuals
.......102, 318, 451

-The claims of, to other countries by right of discovery, considered 105
-Treaties do not oblige, to do that which is morally wrong..... 107
-The greatest resource of, a strict attention to the principles of

justice......

Newspapers, The great influence, and corresponding responsibility
connected with the publication of..

322

258

Oaths, Moral objections to the use of...

201

-All, forbidden by Jesus Christ..
-Judicial, prohibited.....

-The efficacy of, as securities for veracity examined..
-Proved to be needless......

204

208

211

-Tend powerfully to deprave the moral character..
-Refusing to take, obligatory upon the Christian..

219
220

222

Oratorios, etc., do not promote religion.........................

....... 286

Parents, The duty of, to strengthen the moral character of the child, 266, 272
-Obedience of children to, necessary

272

-Should frequently refer children to the dictates of an enlightened
conscience in their own minds...

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-The, manifested in political partizanship often of a questionable
kind....

390

Penn, William, The sound principles acted upon by, in acquiring
rights in Pennsylvania.

106

Pennsylvania, Religious liberty in, promotive of harmony

376

-Colonized by those who believed that war is incompatible with
Christianity..

462

-Security and quiet of, without war for more than seventy years.. 463
Political affairs, Men are not exempt from the obligations of the
moral law in.....

-Truth, The fundamental principles of.....

-Power possessed only by the consent of the community

-Is rightly exercised only when it subserves the
welfare of the community..

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-Often resorted to, to obtain concurrence with meas-
ures of doubtful rectitude

339

Prayer, The use of forms of, considered..........

127

-Acceptable, that only which is according to the will of God......... 129

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