A Serious Inquiry Into the Nature and Effects of the Stage: And a Letter Respecting Play ActorsWhiting & Watson... [Printed by D. & G. Bruce], 1812 - 199 من الصفحات |
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... proper season for uttering an affec- tionate warning , we discharge a duty which we owe , to our own character , to you , whose useful- ness and welfare we desire to promote , and to that God , before whom , you and we are both act- ing ...
... proper season for uttering an affec- tionate warning , we discharge a duty which we owe , to our own character , to you , whose useful- ness and welfare we desire to promote , and to that God , before whom , you and we are both act- ing ...
الصفحة 30
... proper to have gratified the public taste , by raising up some allegorical structure , and handling this subject in the way of wit and humor ; especially as it seems to be a modern principle , that ridicule is the test of truth , and as ...
... proper to have gratified the public taste , by raising up some allegorical structure , and handling this subject in the way of wit and humor ; especially as it seems to be a modern principle , that ridicule is the test of truth , and as ...
الصفحة 37
... proper here to obviate a pre- tence , in which the advocates of the stage greatly glory , that there is no express prohibition of it to be found in scripture . I think a countryman of our own has given good reasons to believe , that the ...
... proper here to obviate a pre- tence , in which the advocates of the stage greatly glory , that there is no express prohibition of it to be found in scripture . I think a countryman of our own has given good reasons to believe , that the ...
الصفحة 38
... proper to call it . I do not find in scripture any express prohibition of masquerades , routs and drums ; and yet I have not the least doubt , that the assemblies called by these names , are contra- ry to the will of God , and as bad ...
... proper to call it . I do not find in scripture any express prohibition of masquerades , routs and drums ; and yet I have not the least doubt , that the assemblies called by these names , are contra- ry to the will of God , and as bad ...
الصفحة 39
... proper to state distinctly , what we understand by the stage , or stage - plays , when it is affirmed , that in their most improved and best regulated state , they are unlawful to Christians . This is the more necessary , that there is ...
... proper to state distinctly , what we understand by the stage , or stage - plays , when it is affirmed , that in their most improved and best regulated state , they are unlawful to Christians . This is the more necessary , that there is ...
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الصفحة 100 - I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil.
الصفحة 84 - And my speech, and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit, and of power, that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
الصفحة 111 - For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; and through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
الصفحة 80 - For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called; but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world, to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world, to confound the things which are mighty...
الصفحة 80 - And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
الصفحة 111 - Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
الصفحة 10 - But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient : but rather giving of thanks.
الصفحة 56 - See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
الصفحة 10 - For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries...
الصفحة 89 - We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren.