Christian Ethics; Or, Moral Philosophy on the Principles of Divine RevelationJackson and Walford, 1834 - 446 páginas |
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... Agent in the wonders which he discovers and describes . How very often does it happen , that , by such minds , Deity is contemplated and introduced ( in terms , it may be , of elegant and enthusiastic eulogy ) under no other character ...
... Agent in the wonders which he discovers and describes . How very often does it happen , that , by such minds , Deity is contemplated and introduced ( in terms , it may be , of elegant and enthusiastic eulogy ) under no other character ...
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... agent . A moral action is D Importance of right principles . LECT . II . the action of a moral agent.
... agent . A moral action is D Importance of right principles . LECT . II . the action of a moral agent.
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Ralph Wardlaw. LECT . II . the action of a moral agent ; and the moral character of the action depends on the state of the agent's mind in the doing of it . An action may be contemplated in its merely physical pro- perties , abstractedly ...
Ralph Wardlaw. LECT . II . the action of a moral agent ; and the moral character of the action depends on the state of the agent's mind in the doing of it . An action may be contemplated in its merely physical pro- perties , abstractedly ...
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... agents are concerned , affect the cor- rectness of their feelings of responsibility , our inquiries into principles are not mere intellectual exercitations , with no other result than the gra- tification of a metaphysical curiosity ...
... agents are concerned , affect the cor- rectness of their feelings of responsibility , our inquiries into principles are not mere intellectual exercitations , with no other result than the gra- tification of a metaphysical curiosity ...
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... agent , of a certain rank and character in the scale of created existence ; as possessing the nature , and holding the place , which the supreme will has assigned him . Thus , assuming him , as he now is , to be what his Creator made ...
... agent , of a certain rank and character in the scale of created existence ; as possessing the nature , and holding the place , which the supreme will has assigned him . Thus , assuming him , as he now is , to be what his Creator made ...
Términos y frases comunes
according action admitted affections agent apostasy approbation arising ascertain atheism authority benevolence Bible Bishop Butler casuistry character Christian ciples complacence conception conduct conformity CONGREGATIONAL LIBRARY conscience consequence consists constitution Cudworth Deity delight demnation depravity discern discovery disposition distinction divine doctrine duty emotions Encyclopædia Britannica Epicurus essential eternal ethics evil excellence exercise existence faculty fallen feelings fitnesses God's Godhead gospel gratitude ground happiness harmony heart holy human nature infinite influence intelligent creatures Irreligion JoHN PYE SMITH judgment knowledge LECT Lecture legitimate manifest means ment mercy mind moral constitution moral obligation moral philosophy moral rectitude ness object original peculiar perfect philosophy present principles of moral purity question racter reason regard relations religion respecting revelation right and wrong rule says Scriptures self-love selfish sense sentiment sinners Sir James Sir James Mackintosh speak tendency theory things tion truth universe unto utility VIII virtuous
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Página 361 - Let no man deceive you with vain words : for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them : for ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light...
Página 13 - God hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on the face of the earth...
Página 171 - For as many as have sinned without Law shall also perish without Law: and as many as have sinned in the Law shall be judged by the Law...
Página 376 - ... their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors, chiefly Aristotle their dictator, as their persons were shut up in the cells of monasteries and colleges, and knowing little history, either of nature or time, did, out of no great quantity of matter, and infinite agitation of wit, spin out unto us those laborious webs of learning, which are extant in their books.
Página 404 - And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry...
Página 335 - For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Página 126 - God, but the doers of the law shall be justified : for when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves : which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another ;) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
Página 133 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Página 375 - ... idle, unwholesome, and (as I may term them) vermiculate questions, which have indeed a kind of quickness and life of spirit, but no soundness of matter or goodness of quality.
Página 118 - Somewhat further must be brought in to give us an adequate notion of it; namely, that one of those principles of action, conscience or reflection, compared with the rest as they all stand together in the nature of man, plainly bears upon it marks of authority over all the rest, and claims the absolute direction of them all, to allow or forbid their gratification: a disapprobation of reflection being in itself a principle manifestly superior to a mere propension.