 ... you cannot form a notion of this faculty, conscience, without taking in judgment, direction, superintendency. This is a constituent part of the idea, that is, of the faculty itself: and, to preside and govern, from the very economy and constitution...  On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as Manifested in the Adaptation ... - Page 38by Thomas Chalmers - 1833 - 308 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Leslie Davidson - 1893 - 528 pages
...— " You cannot form a notion of this faculty, conscience, without taking in judgment, direction, superintendency. This is a constituent part of the idea, that is, of the faculty itsejf : and to preside and govern, from the very economy and constitution of man, belongs to it. Had... | |
 | 1893 - 780 pages
...passions which find it an inconvenient monitor, and which it judges with unhesitating determination. " To preside and govern from the very economy and constitution of man," says one of the greatest of English theologians, " belongs to it. Had it strength, as it has right... | |
 | James Seth - 1894 - 488 pages
...a notion of this faculty, conscience, without taking in judgment, direction, superintendency : ... to preside and govern, from the very economy and constitution of man, belongs to it." "As the idea of a civil constitution implies in it united strength, various subordinations under one... | |
 | Sir Lewis Amherst Selby-Bigge - 1897 - 512 pages
...insomuch that you cannot form a notion of this faculty, conscience, without taking in judgment, direction, superintendency. This is a constituent part of the...constitution of man, belongs to it. Had it strength, as it had right ; had it power, as it had manifest authority, it would absolutely govern the world. This... | |
 | John Stuart Mackenzie - 1897 - 484 pages
...insomuch that you cannot form a notion of this faculty, conscience, without taking in judgment, direction, superintendency. This is a constituent part of the...govern, from the very economy and constitution of man,belongs to it. Had it strength, as it has right, had it power, as it has manifest authority, it... | |
 | R. W. Dale - 1899 - 584 pages
...eternal Law of Righteousness. The supremacy of conscience is, as Butler says in another passage, " a constituent part of the idea, that is, of the faculty...constitution of man, belongs to it. Had it strength as it had right, had it power as it 368 The Theory of the Atonement : [LECT. had manifest authority, it would... | |
 | Frank Thilly - 1900 - 374 pages
...Selby-Bigge, British Moralists, Vol. I. See Collins, Sutler. science, without taking in judgment, direction, superintendency. This is a constituent part of the...constitution of man, belongs to it. Had it strength, as it had right, had it power as it had manifest authority, it would absolutely govern the world. " What... | |
 | Frank Thilly - 1900 - 368 pages
...of sympathy to he higher than that of selfishness. science, without taking in judgment, direction, superintendency. This is a constituent part of the...constitution of man, belongs to it. Had it strength, as it had right, had it power as it had manifest authority, it would absolutely govern the world. " What... | |
 | John Hepburn Millar - 1902 - 412 pages
...conscience has made an indelible mark on ethical speculation. His account of that faculty which, " had it strength as it has right, had it power -as it has manifest authority, would absolutely govern the world," is much more satisfactory than any theory, however ingenious and... | |
 | 1902 - 414 pages
...conscience has made an indelible mark on ethical speculation. His account of that faculty which, " had it strength as it has right, had it power as it has manifest authority, would absolutely govern the world," is much more satisfactory than any theory, however ingenious and... | |
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