Date: 1756, 1766

"But this is far from being the case of all gentlemen. If there be something stronger than virtue in too many of them, something that masters and subdues it; a passion, or passions, rebellious and lawless, which makes them neglect some high relations, and take the throne from God and reason; gami...

— Amory, Thomas (1690/1-1788)

Date: 1756, 1766

"The throne of God rests upon reason"

— Amory, Thomas (1690/1-1788)

Date: 1756, 1766

"Of all things in this world, moral dominion, or the empire over ourselves, is not only the most glorious, as reason is the superior nature of man, but the most valuable, in respect of real human happiness."

— Amory, Thomas (1690/1-1788)

Date: 1756, 1766

"Not according to promises and prayers at last, not according to legacies to be paid to the poor when we are dead, shall we be judged; but, as we have rectified the judgment and the will, made virtue the governor of the heart, and in all things sought God's glory, not our own"

— Amory, Thomas (1690/1-1788)

Date: 1756, 1766

"Do [married women] all yield themselves intirely and universally to the government of conscience, subdue every thing to it, and conquer every adverse passion and inclination?"

— Amory, Thomas (1690/1-1788)

Date: 1756, 1766

"Vouchsafe we beseech thee, to direct, sanctify and govern both our hearts and bodies in the ways of thy laws"

— Amory, Thomas (1690/1-1788)

Date: 1756, 1766

Revelation commands us to practice "every thing recommended by that Law of Reason, which he sent the Messiah to revive and enforce"

— Amory, Thomas (1690/1-1788)

Date: 1756, 1766

Mankind is to be "devoted to holiness and obedience, to every virtue and every good work which the law of reason can require from men"

— Amory, Thomas (1690/1-1788)

Date: 1756, 1766

Men had God's "original law of reason before he gave them the gospel"

— Amory, Thomas (1690/1-1788)

Date: 1756, 1766

"[W]e have received from our Creator the eternal law of reason, which enables us to distinguish right and wrong, and to govern the inferior powers and passions, appetites and senses, if we please"

— Amory, Thomas (1690/1-1788)