 | John Johnston - 1834 - 582 pages
...honour and dignity of man. It would be easy, however, to show, that doing good because it is agreeable to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness, — and the avoiding of evil because it is contrary to the Divine will, and productive of eternal misery,... | |
 | William Paley - 1835 - 324 pages
...in civil society ; 2. That vice has no advantage over virtue, even in this world. CHAP. VII. VIRTUE. Virtue is the doing good to mankind in obedience to...of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness. In this definition. the " good of mankind" is the subject ; the " will of God," the rule ; and "everlasting... | |
 | 1835 - 208 pages
...Virtue, says Paley, comprehends- benevolence, pnidence, fortitude, and temperance ; and is the doing of good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of his favour, and of everlasting happiness. Here — the good of mankind is {ne object ; the will of... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1836 - 906 pages
...definition of Virtue, alone is an unanswerable illustration of the debasing vulgarity of his cude. "Virtue is the doing good to mankind, in obedience...of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness." So that any act of good to1 man in obedience to God, if it arise from any motive but a desire of the... | |
 | Jared Sparks, James Russell Lowell, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1836 - 588 pages
...act itself. In this view of the case, Paley's definition is doubly in error. " Virtue," says he, " is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the...of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness." On this principle, the benevolent designs of Howard, would be declared devoid of the quality of virtue,... | |
 | William Paley - 1836 - 628 pages
...has no advantage over virtue, even with respect to this world's happiCHAPTER VII. Virtue. VIRTDE in "the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will...of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness." According to which definition, "the good of mankind" is the subject; the "will of God," the rule ;... | |
 | 1837 - 418 pages
...been a textbook in our highest seminaries of learning, has given us this definition of virtue ; — " Virtue is the doing good to mankind, in obedience...of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness." For the sake of evei'lasting happiness ! It is then, for the sake of happiness, — for its tendency... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks, Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1837 - 522 pages
...advocate, Dr. Paley, and we find it stated by him in few and explicit words. " Virtue," says Paley, " is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the...will of God and FOR THE SAKE of everlasting happiness !" The motive then from which all duty or virtue must proceed is the hope of everlasting happiness.... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 286 pages
...advocate, Dr Paley, and we find it stated by him in few and explicit words. " Virtue,'1 says Paley, "is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the...will of God and for the sake of everlasting happiness !" The motive then from which all duty or virtue must proceed is the hope of everlasting happiness.... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1837 - 364 pages
...future is all hope : to the former, all despair. Paley defines very erroneously, when he calls virtue the doing good to mankind, ' in obedience to the will...' God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.' There is, on the contrary, as it were, ' A smooth, short space of yellow sand, Between it and the greener... | |
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the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness. 
