Thoughts on the Moral Order of Nature, Volumen1J. Chambers, 1831 |
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... latter quietly to take their place in them , since their mission was merely to propagate a religious belief , too obscure at that time to occupy the atten- tion of persons so situated as to have opportunity to labour effectually , in ...
... latter quietly to take their place in them , since their mission was merely to propagate a religious belief , too obscure at that time to occupy the atten- tion of persons so situated as to have opportunity to labour effectually , in ...
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... latter subject is probably the one , on which the reader will feel prin- cipally desirous to become acquainted in detail with my con- ceptions , He will perhaps grow impatient at finding his atten- tion drawn to a long series of evils ...
... latter subject is probably the one , on which the reader will feel prin- cipally desirous to become acquainted in detail with my con- ceptions , He will perhaps grow impatient at finding his atten- tion drawn to a long series of evils ...
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... latter . My belief is , that the torments of hell are directed towards the reformation of the sinner , that he may become at last a subject fit to be received into mansions of bliss . I therefore trust , that the plan pursued by our ...
... latter . My belief is , that the torments of hell are directed towards the reformation of the sinner , that he may become at last a subject fit to be received into mansions of bliss . I therefore trust , that the plan pursued by our ...
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... latter is the more powerful of the two . This hypothesis would represent to him chaotic ele- ments as jarring so confusedly throughout the divine govern- ment of the world , that it would be utterly impossible for him , by the most ...
... latter is the more powerful of the two . This hypothesis would represent to him chaotic ele- ments as jarring so confusedly throughout the divine govern- ment of the world , that it would be utterly impossible for him , by the most ...
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... latter will then naturally cry out : " Prove to me that this wonderful fact is well authenticated , and I shall indeed resign myself , with fer- vent gratitude , to the consolation of believing that mankind are under the dominion of an ...
... latter will then naturally cry out : " Prove to me that this wonderful fact is well authenticated , and I shall indeed resign myself , with fer- vent gratitude , to the consolation of believing that mankind are under the dominion of an ...
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Página 51 - Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father ; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death ; for he hath put all things under his feet.
Página 51 - For he hath put all things under his feet! "But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted which did put all things under him.
Página 371 - But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
Página 49 - With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible," It is believed that Jesus used this example for a good reason.
Página 51 - Then cometh the end., when he (Christ) shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power...
Página 52 - ... under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that Ood may be all in all.
Página 43 - If we are to believe the favourers of eternal punishments, the righteous, after death, shall undergo a change that shall cause them to lose the goodness of heart which makes them now pity the deplorably wretched, however they may have earned their misery ; yet the vicious propensities of the wicked «hall remain unchanged.
Página 346 - Saviour, to strive to enter in at the strait gate which leadeth unto life...
Página 43 - ... remain unchanged. According to this doctrine, it is our evil dispositions — which are most of them derived from self love, — that are, by their nature, to last eternally ; and it la our good dispositions — in as far as they proceed from social love — that are frail and perishing.