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... ment anticipated from the diffusion of the true philosophy of mind , 387 -The change , however , will be gradual , 390 - What ought education to embrace ? 391 - and what religious instruction ? 393 . INTRODUCTORY REMARKS . GENERAL VIEW ...
... ment anticipated from the diffusion of the true philosophy of mind , 387 -The change , however , will be gradual , 390 - What ought education to embrace ? 391 - and what religious instruction ? 393 . INTRODUCTORY REMARKS . GENERAL VIEW ...
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... ment . We perceive here the physical world gradually improved and prepared for man . Let us now contemplate Man himself , and his adaptation to the external creation . The world , we have seen , was inhabited by living beings , and ...
... ment . We perceive here the physical world gradually improved and prepared for man . Let us now contemplate Man himself , and his adaptation to the external creation . The world , we have seen , was inhabited by living beings , and ...
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... ment of its inherent capabilities . These views appear to me to have influenced the interpretations of Scripture which they adopted : and these , having once been entwined with religious sentiments , have descended from generation to ...
... ment of its inherent capabilities . These views appear to me to have influenced the interpretations of Scripture which they adopted : and these , having once been entwined with religious sentiments , have descended from generation to ...
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... ment of the human race . This , however , Phrenology will enable them one day to do . In surveying the world itself , the phrenologist per- ceives that the Creator has bestowed definite qualities on the human mind , and on external ...
... ment of the human race . This , however , Phrenology will enable them one day to do . In surveying the world itself , the phrenologist per- ceives that the Creator has bestowed definite qualities on the human mind , and on external ...
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... suspend the law . But whenever the relation , and the consequences of disregard- ing it , are perceived , the mind is prompted to avoid infringe- ment , in order to shun the torture attached by 3 * ON NATURAL LAWS 29.
... suspend the law . But whenever the relation , and the consequences of disregard- ing it , are perceived , the mind is prompted to avoid infringe- ment , in order to shun the torture attached by 3 * ON NATURAL LAWS 29.
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Page 368 - A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good ; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil : for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Page 368 - 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 show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another,) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospe.1.
Page 370 - This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Page 370 - Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Page 367 - I say unto you that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance.
Page 366 - The good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good ; and the evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth that which is evil : for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Page 369 - For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing : for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Page 31 - ... and misery, but also rewards and punishes actions. If, for example, the pain which we feel, upon doing what tends to the destruction of our bodies, suppose upon too near approaches to fire, or upon wounding ourselves, be appointed by the Author of nature to prevent our doing what thus tends to our destruction, this is altogether as much an instance of his punishing our actions, and consequently of our being under his government, as declaring by a voice from heaven that if we acted so, he would...
Page 370 - ... drunkenness, revellings, and such like : of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance : against such there is no law.
Page 363 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.