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

Do all married women "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

Has reason always the sovereignty, and nothing wrong to be seen?

— 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)

Date: 1756, 1766

"I observed to Azora, that if things were so, and the law of reason was so perfect and sufficient, then I could not see that there was any want at all of the religion of favor, since that of nature was enough to confirm us in rectitude and holiness"

— Amory, Thomas (1690/1-1788)

Date: 1756, 1766

"Why the law of grace at so great an expence--if the rule of reason can make us good here, and for ever happy hereafter?"

— Amory, Thomas (1690/1-1788)