The Quarterly Christian SpectatorA. H. Maltby, 1829 |
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... preference of God to all other objects of affection may be a moral act , it must be , and in all ordinary speech is assumed to be , an intelligent preference . For the homage of beings who are intelligent as well as volun- tary , and ...
... preference of God to all other objects of affection may be a moral act , it must be , and in all ordinary speech is assumed to be , an intelligent preference . For the homage of beings who are intelligent as well as volun- tary , and ...
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... of the will or heart , in distinction from other mental acts connected with it ; or to that act of the will or heart which consists in a preference of God to every other object ; or to 18 Spring on the Means of Regeneration . [ MAR .
... of the will or heart , in distinction from other mental acts connected with it ; or to that act of the will or heart which consists in a preference of God to every other object ; or to 18 Spring on the Means of Regeneration . [ MAR .
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preference of God to every other object ; or to that disposition of the heart , or governing affection or purpose of the man , which consecrates him to the service and glory of God . * In thus confining the term regeneration to the act ...
preference of God to every other object ; or to that disposition of the heart , or governing affection or purpose of the man , which consecrates him to the service and glory of God . * In thus confining the term regeneration to the act ...
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preference must be viewed or estimated as the greatest good . Before the object can be viewed as the greatest good , it must be compared with other objects , as both are sources or means of good . Before this act of comparing , there ...
preference must be viewed or estimated as the greatest good . Before the object can be viewed as the greatest good , it must be compared with other objects , as both are sources or means of good . Before this act of comparing , there ...
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... preference or choice which fix supreme- ly on any object . In every moral being who forms a moral character , there must be a first moral act of preference or choice . This must respect some one object , God or mammon , as the chief ...
... preference or choice which fix supreme- ly on any object . In every moral being who forms a moral character , there must be a first moral act of preference or choice . This must respect some one object , God or mammon , as the chief ...
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Страница 90 - Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
Страница 90 - I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel: we shall be divided by our little partial local interests, our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and a byword down to future ages. And what is worse, mankind may hereafter, from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing government by human wisdom, and leave it to chance, war, and conquest.
Страница 154 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and Citizens. The mere Politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and cherish them.
Страница 138 - For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit...
Страница 103 - And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
Страница 90 - In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible uf danger, we had daily prayers in this room for the divine protection ! Our prayers, sir, were heard ; — and they were graciously answered.
Страница 89 - We have gone back to ancient history for models of government, and examined the different forms of those republics, which, having been originally formed with the seeds of their own dissolution, now no longer exist ; and we have viewed modern states all round Europe, but find none of their constitutions suitable to our circumstances.
Страница 305 - tis haunted, holy ground, No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould, But one vast realm of wonder spreads around, And all the Muse's tales seem truly told, Till the sense aches with gazing to behold The scenes our earliest dreams have dwelt upon: Each hill and dale, each deepening glen and wold Defies the power which crush'd thy temples gone: Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon.
Страница 79 - It being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times by keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by persuading from the use of tongues...
Страница 272 - If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us : Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us...