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... expedient : all things are lawful for me , but I will not be brought under the power of any . • 274 SERMON XII . 1 COR . VI . 12. - All things are lawful unto me , but all things are not expedient : all things are law- CONTENTS . ful ...
... expedient : all things are lawful for me , but I will not be brought under the power of any . • 274 SERMON XII . 1 COR . VI . 12. - All things are lawful unto me , but all things are not expedient : all things are law- CONTENTS . ful ...
Page 274
... expedient : all things are lawful for me , but I will not be brought under the power of any . " It may probably be expected by my congregation , that , since a particular subject connected with the indulgences of taste , and professedly ...
... expedient : all things are lawful for me , but I will not be brought under the power of any . " It may probably be expected by my congregation , that , since a particular subject connected with the indulgences of taste , and professedly ...
Page 278
... expedient : the second , the universal inexpediency of all those things which , by bringing us under their power , could have a tendency to diminish our Chris- tian liberty of thought , feeling , or action , and to force us into a train ...
... expedient : the second , the universal inexpediency of all those things which , by bringing us under their power , could have a tendency to diminish our Chris- tian liberty of thought , feeling , or action , and to force us into a train ...
Page 280
... expedient . You will not look , in this place , for an elaborate or abstract investigation of the great question ... EXPEDIENCY NOT THE RULE OF RIGHT . 281 those questions.
... expedient . You will not look , in this place , for an elaborate or abstract investigation of the great question ... EXPEDIENCY NOT THE RULE OF RIGHT . 281 those questions.
Page 281
... expediency ; the tendency of every action to promote or hinder the general good : that those actions are right which advance , those criminal and unlawful which impede , the happiness not of the individual only , but of the whole ; for ...
... expediency ; the tendency of every action to promote or hinder the general good : that those actions are right which advance , those criminal and unlawful which impede , the happiness not of the individual only , but of the whole ; for ...
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Popular passages
Page 231 - Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law.
Page 248 - For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death : for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
Page 433 - But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat down on the right hand of God ; from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
Page 390 - And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him ; Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But he said ; Yea, rather blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Page 90 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 365 - For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?
Page 77 - The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Page 243 - And he shall be for a sanctuary ; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Page xv - And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them : and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not : for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
Page 98 - Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire ; Mine ears hast thou opened : Burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.