Elements of Moral Philosophy and of Christian Ethics, 2. köide

Daniel Dewar

J. Duncan, 1826

Contents

• Book III: 1
• The Moral Government of God is so conducted as: 17
• The Distinctions of Right and Wrong Immutable: 26
• Of the Measure or Rule of Virtue: 34
• The Principle of Expediency proved to be False: 32
• The Principle of Expediency proved to be False: 47
• The Principle of Expediency not countenanced: 55
• The Principle of Utility proved to be Untenable: 60
• God alone to be acknowledged and worshipped as God: 145
• The Idolatry of Mankind: 152
• Humility: 183
• Reverence of: 192
• On the Nature and Guilt of Impiety: 201
• On Vows: 205
• The Time and Manner in which God is to be wor: 213
• The Change of the Sabbath from the last to: 228
• On the Manner in which the Sabbath should: 242
• The Necessity of Piety to God to the Existence: 249
• Piety to God an essential Principle of true Virtue: 270
• Reasons on which the Doctrine of the foregoing: 289
• On the Question What are the Means by which: 295
• The Rights of Men deduced from Reason and Reve: 301
• On the Extent to which we are required to love: 308
• On the Way in which Benevolence is to be exercised: 321
• Humanity: 327
• Friendship: 333
• On Patriotism: 342
• On Diligence in our proper Calling: 354
• Charity or Professional Assistance: 368
• The Duty of refraining from injuring the Persons: 377
• The Duty of avoiding whatever has a direct tend: 383
• In what does the Right of Property consist: 398
• Direct Methods of injuring the Property of others: 407
• Gambling: 414
• On Truth and Veracity: 420
• On the Duties of Contract which relate to Com: 429
• The Evil of Falsehood: 440
• Oaths: 452
• Book VI: 463
• On Contentment: 474
• On Worldly Anxiety: 482
• On the inordinate Desire of Worldly Enjoyment: 486
• On the Love of Power or the Principle of Ambition: 492
• On the Forination of Good Habits: 499
• The Inquiry concerning Happiness continued: 507
• In what the true Happiness of Man consists: 527
• The Divine Procedure towards Man shews in what: 535
• The Nature of this Institution and the Obligations: 541
• Fornication: 549
• Adultery: 556
• V: 569
• On the Duty of Rulers: 578
• The Duty of Subjects: 584

Popular passages

Page 248 - For it was not an enemy that reproached me ; Then I could have borne it : Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me ; Then I would have hid myself from him : But it was thou, a man mine equal, My guide, and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, And walked unto the house of God in company.

Page 66 - The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.

Page 137 - For if we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

Page 288 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

Page 289 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill ; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment : But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment...

Page 448 - The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause ? 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning, made them male and female...

Page 237 - And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely, this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

Page 235 - Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Page 395 - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

Page 160 - This is that which the Lord hath said: 'Tomorrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord.' Bake that which ye will bake today, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over, lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

Bibliographic information

• Pealkiri: Elements of Moral Philosophy and of Christian Ethics, 2. köide; Elements of Moral Philosophy and of Christian Ethics, Daniel Dewar
• Autor: Daniel Dewar
• Publisher: J. Duncan, 1826
• Original from: the New York Public Library
• Digitized: 20 juuni 2006