The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Butler, D.C.L., Late Lord Bishop of Durham, Τόμος 1at the Clarendon Press, 1844 |
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Σελίδα xl
... farther " carried on , and brought to a conclusion , worthy of infinite wisdom . " I am not concerned to dispute the justness of this reasoning ; nor do " I wish to dispute it . But how far will it reach ? Will it lead us " to the ...
... farther " carried on , and brought to a conclusion , worthy of infinite wisdom . " I am not concerned to dispute the justness of this reasoning ; nor do " I wish to dispute it . But how far will it reach ? Will it lead us " to the ...
Σελίδα 39
... farther credibility to it , so they cannot but raise a most serious apprehension of it in those who will attend to them . It has been now observed , that such and such miseries naturally follow such and such actions of im- prudence and ...
... farther credibility to it , so they cannot but raise a most serious apprehension of it in those who will attend to them . It has been now observed , that such and such miseries naturally follow such and such actions of im- prudence and ...
Σελίδα 70
... those rewards and punishments cannot but be carried on much farther towards the perfection of moral govern- ment : i . e . the tendencies of virtue and vice will become effect : but when , or where , or 70 [ PART I. OF THE MORAL.
... those rewards and punishments cannot but be carried on much farther towards the perfection of moral govern- ment : i . e . the tendencies of virtue and vice will become effect : but when , or where , or 70 [ PART I. OF THE MORAL.
Σελίδα 71
... farther , by observing , that there are natural tendencies , and , in innumerable cases , only artificial hinderances , to this moral scheme's being carried on much farther towards perfection , than it is at present " . The notion then ...
... farther , by observing , that there are natural tendencies , and , in innumerable cases , only artificial hinderances , to this moral scheme's being carried on much farther towards perfection , than it is at present " . The notion then ...
Σελίδα 72
... farther towards perfection hereafter ; and , I think , a presumption that it will be absolutely completed . But from these things , joined with the moral nature which God has given us , considered as given us by him , arises a practical ...
... farther towards perfection hereafter ; and , I think , a presumption that it will be absolutely completed . But from these things , joined with the moral nature which God has given us , considered as given us by him , arises a practical ...
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Σελίδα 267 - And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths; for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Σελίδα 43 - Because I have called and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity: I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me...
Σελίδα 184 - ... should contain many truths as yet undiscovered. For, all the same phenomena, and the same faculties of investigation, from which such great discoveries in natural knowledge have been made in the present and last age, were equally in the possession of mankind, several thousand years before. And possibly it might be intended, that events, as they come to pass, should open and ascertain the meaning of several parts of Scripture.
Σελίδα 190 - Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven ; which things the angels desire to look into.
Σελίδα 210 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying ; Blessing and honour and glory and power be unto him that sitteth upon the throne and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Σελίδα 191 - 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. 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 God may be all in all...
Σελίδα 208 - For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Σελίδα 43 - Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Σελίδα 263 - And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Σελίδα 47 - ... may do; but in rewarding the righteous and punishing the wicked; in rendering to men according to their actions, considered as good or evil. And the perfection of moral government consists in doing this, with regard to all intelligent creatures, in an exact proportion to their personal merits or demerits.