Discourses on Human Nature, Human Life, and the Nature of ReligionC. S. Francis & Company, 1847 - 396 páginas |
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... , will regard man as a slave , will make him the slave of superstition , will take a sort of superstitious pleasure or merit in magnifying his wickedness or unworthiness . And he who thinks meanly of 12 ON HUMAN NATURE .
... , will regard man as a slave , will make him the slave of superstition , will take a sort of superstitious pleasure or merit in magnifying his wickedness or unworthiness . And he who thinks meanly of 12 ON HUMAN NATURE .
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... pleasure , does not satisfy the immortal want ; and that toil does not crush the soul , that the body cannot weigh down the spirit to its own drudgery . We might ask our proud reasoner , moreover , whence the moral and metaphysi- cal ...
... pleasure , does not satisfy the immortal want ; and that toil does not crush the soul , that the body cannot weigh down the spirit to its own drudgery . We might ask our proud reasoner , moreover , whence the moral and metaphysi- cal ...
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... pleasure in the disappointments and miseries of others , and are pained at their good fortune and suc- If this maxim were intended to fix upon man- kind the charge of pure , absolute , disinterested malig- nity , and if it could be ...
... pleasure in the disappointments and miseries of others , and are pained at their good fortune and suc- If this maxim were intended to fix upon man- kind the charge of pure , absolute , disinterested malig- nity , and if it could be ...
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... pleasure can never give . The sinner is often dazzled by earthly fortune and pomp , but it is in the very midst of these things , that he sometimes most feels their emptiness ; that his higher nature most feels that it is solitary and ...
... pleasure can never give . The sinner is often dazzled by earthly fortune and pomp , but it is in the very midst of these things , that he sometimes most feels their emptiness ; that his higher nature most feels that it is solitary and ...
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... pleasure ; that demands to suffer ; that , of all sacrifices on earth , save those of benevolence , brings the only willing victim . What lofty revenge does the abused soul thus take , for its offences ; never , no , never , in all its ...
... pleasure ; that demands to suffer ; that , of all sacrifices on earth , save those of benevolence , brings the only willing victim . What lofty revenge does the abused soul thus take , for its offences ; never , no , never , in all its ...
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Página 314 - Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; a land of darkness, as darkness itself, and of the shadow of death, without any order and where the light is as darkness.
Página 277 - I had a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright sun was extinguished, and the stars Did wander, darkling, in the eternal space, Rayless and pathless, and the icy earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air...
Página 89 - Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Página 306 - By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Página 85 - She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors: "Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
Página 254 - Oh Grave ! where is thy Victory ? Oh Death ! where is thy Sting ? THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER.
Página 244 - Jesus, Lord, if Thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. But I know, that even now, whatsoever Thou wilt ask of God, God will give it Thee.
Página 349 - Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good ; seek peace and pursue it.
Página 261 - And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil ;
Página 158 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life ; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.