On the Foundations of Morals: Four Sermons Preached Before the University of Cambridge, November, 1837 |
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... difference in kind among man's principles of action as well as a difference in strength ; -of an internal constitution in which conscience has a natural and rightful supremacy ; -and other forms of expression . As I have stated in the ...
... difference in kind among man's principles of action as well as a difference in strength ; -of an internal constitution in which conscience has a natural and rightful supremacy ; -and other forms of expression . As I have stated in the ...
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... difference of self- approval and of sensual gratification , as to assert , that all enjoyments , those of the body and those of the soul , differ from each other , not in kind , but only as some are more and some are less vivid , some ...
... difference of self- approval and of sensual gratification , as to assert , that all enjoyments , those of the body and those of the soul , differ from each other , not in kind , but only as some are more and some are less vivid , some ...
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... difference between right and wrong is an absolute differ- ence ; just as the difference between truth and falsehood is an absolute difference . The voice of Conscience forbids what is wrong because it is wrong ; and the voice of God ...
... difference between right and wrong is an absolute differ- ence ; just as the difference between truth and falsehood is an absolute difference . The voice of Conscience forbids what is wrong because it is wrong ; and the voice of God ...
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... which he constantly allows himself to violate . And there is a great and essential difference be- tween the two questions . A person may reverently hearken to the voice of conscience ; he may hon- 124 MORAL INTEGRITY .
... which he constantly allows himself to violate . And there is a great and essential difference be- tween the two questions . A person may reverently hearken to the voice of conscience ; he may hon- 124 MORAL INTEGRITY .
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... difference between truth and falsehood , as absolute as the truth that two and two make four ; it is as impossible to conceive the contrary in the one case as in the others . And though in the moral world the fact may contradict the ...
... difference between truth and falsehood , as absolute as the truth that two and two make four ; it is as impossible to conceive the contrary in the one case as in the others . And though in the moral world the fact may contradict the ...
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Page 62 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Page 49 - For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Page 61 - For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Page 102 - Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Page 67 - Speak of the worm that never dies, And the fire that is not quenched.
Page 85 - The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Page 24 - Nevertheless, he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Page 184 - ... the wisdom of God, and the power of God unto salvation.
Page 161 - And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Page 38 - And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.