The works of Jonathan Swift, containing additional letters, tracts, and poems, with notes, and a life of the author, by W. Scott, Volumen81814 |
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... virtue , by which any thing commanded us by God to believe , appears evident and certain to us , al- though we do not see , nor can conceive it ; be- cause by faith we entirely depend upon the truth and power of God . It is an old and ...
... virtue , by which any thing commanded us by God to believe , appears evident and certain to us , al- though we do not see , nor can conceive it ; be- cause by faith we entirely depend upon the truth and power of God . It is an old and ...
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... virtue ; that religion was invented by cun- ning men to keep the world in awe ; with many other opinions equally false and detestable , against the common light of nature as well as reason ; against the universal sentiments of all ...
... virtue ; that religion was invented by cun- ning men to keep the world in awe ; with many other opinions equally false and detestable , against the common light of nature as well as reason ; against the universal sentiments of all ...
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... virtue , but on a conscience which is guided by religion . In order to this , I shall first show you the weakness and uncertainty of two false principles , which many people set up in the place of consci- ence , for a guide to their ...
... virtue , but on a conscience which is guided by religion . In order to this , I shall first show you the weakness and uncertainty of two false principles , which many people set up in the place of consci- ence , for a guide to their ...
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... virtue ; but if such honour as is now - a - days going will not permit a man to do a base action , it must be ... virtues , they were never learned in the catechism of honour ; which 58 ON THE TESTIMONY.
... virtue ; but if such honour as is now - a - days going will not permit a man to do a base action , it must be ... virtues , they were never learned in the catechism of honour ; which 58 ON THE TESTIMONY.
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... virtue than it ever pretended to do ; yet , since the very being of that honour depended upon the breath , the opinion , or the fancy of the people , the virtues derived from it could be of no long or certain duration . For example ...
... virtue than it ever pretended to do ; yet , since the very being of that honour depended upon the breath , the opinion , or the fancy of the people , the virtues derived from it could be of no long or certain duration . For example ...
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Página 116 - Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Página 97 - Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
Página 99 - And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
Página 78 - But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you : for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
Página 156 - But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Página 63 - Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness ; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens...
Página 47 - Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Página 197 - Who would ever have suspected Asgill for a wit, or Toland for a philosopher, if the inexhaustible stock of Christianity had not been at hand to provide them with materials ? What other subject, through all art or nature, could have produced Tindal for a profound author, or furnished him with readers? It is the wise choice of the subject that alone adorns and distinguishes the writer. For had an hundred such pens as these been employed on the side of religion, they would have immediately sunk into...
Página 43 - Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility : for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Página 196 - And to urge another argument of a parallel nature: if Christianity were once abolished, how could the Freethinkers, the strong reasoners, and the men of profound learning be able to find another subject so calculated in all points whereon to display their abilities ? What wonderful productions of wit should we be deprived of from those whose genius, by continual practice, hath been wholly turned upon raillery and invectives against religion, and would therefore never be able to shine or distinguish...