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... benevolence . But what conduct , what outward acts , will be truly just , or truly benevolent , or whether a patriotic intention will justify cunning words or harsh deeds , are doubts of which it furnishes no solution . Reason must here ...
... benevolence . But what conduct , what outward acts , will be truly just , or truly benevolent , or whether a patriotic intention will justify cunning words or harsh deeds , are doubts of which it furnishes no solution . Reason must here ...
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... benevolence . — It has not been without design , that I have placed the argument for the moral government of God by a system of rewards and punishments before the consideration of the evidences of the Divine benevolence , though this is ...
... benevolence . — It has not been without design , that I have placed the argument for the moral government of God by a system of rewards and punishments before the consideration of the evidences of the Divine benevolence , though this is ...
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... benevolence of the individual ; his heart may be overflowing with love to his neighbor , at the very mo- ment when he is doing him harm , or is the minister of the law to him for a righteous retribution . And generally , we may say ...
... benevolence of the individual ; his heart may be overflowing with love to his neighbor , at the very mo- ment when he is doing him harm , or is the minister of the law to him for a righteous retribution . And generally , we may say ...
Contents
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL | 1 |
THIS DISTINCTION APPLIED TO PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY | 25 |
CHAPTER VIII | 173 |
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