Thoughts on the Cause of Evil, Physical and Moral: In a Series of Letters |
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... pleasure from the pain of any being whatever ; and what are those superior beings who exceed man in the most detestable perversions of his nature ? Jenyns alludes , I suppose , to the rural sports , of which many amiable and excellent ...
... pleasure from the pain of any being whatever ; and what are those superior beings who exceed man in the most detestable perversions of his nature ? Jenyns alludes , I suppose , to the rural sports , of which many amiable and excellent ...
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... pleasure in the sufferings of all beings inferior to them , we must con- clude that God takes pleasure in the mise- ry of every being in the universe ; than which a more horrid notion never entered into the human mind : it strikes at ...
... pleasure in the sufferings of all beings inferior to them , we must con- clude that God takes pleasure in the mise- ry of every being in the universe ; than which a more horrid notion never entered into the human mind : it strikes at ...
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... pleasure , incurred by Adam for himself and his posterity . To this statement I cannot assent : it is quite incompatible with all notions of justice , that God should punish any crea ture for a crime committed before its ex- istence ...
... pleasure , incurred by Adam for himself and his posterity . To this statement I cannot assent : it is quite incompatible with all notions of justice , that God should punish any crea ture for a crime committed before its ex- istence ...
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... of his appetite , or some consequences resulting from abstinence that will give him more pleasure than the gratification of his appe- tite ; in either of which cases he cannot help resisting his appetite : for it being im- possible 46.
... of his appetite , or some consequences resulting from abstinence that will give him more pleasure than the gratification of his appe- tite ; in either of which cases he cannot help resisting his appetite : for it being im- possible 46.
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... pleasure expected from the gra- tification of the appetite whence the mo- tive originates , it follows that any motive will impel the mind to will , in obedience to its direction , unless resisted by some re- pelling motive of at least ...
... pleasure expected from the gra- tification of the appetite whence the mo- tive originates , it follows that any motive will impel the mind to will , in obedience to its direction , unless resisted by some re- pelling motive of at least ...
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Page 26 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son : the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Page 87 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page 167 - Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Page 167 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field: upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat, all the days of thy life: and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Page 146 - And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians; and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant Moses.
Page 145 - But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. 5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
Page 144 - And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
Page 137 - O, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou...
Page 25 - The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers; every man shall be put to dcath for his own sin.
Page 55 - Whatever it be that forms the manners of one generation, the next must imbibe a deeper tincture of the same dye; men being more susceptible of all impressions during infancy, and retaining these impressions as long as they remain in the world.