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Page xvii
... FAITH in Him , directly inspiring the love of truth , enables us to procure it . In Paganism , the end was totally obscured , by its having alway kept the true God , the supreme good , out of sight , which therefore must be needs sought ...
... FAITH in Him , directly inspiring the love of truth , enables us to procure it . In Paganism , the end was totally obscured , by its having alway kept the true God , the supreme good , out of sight , which therefore must be needs sought ...
Page xviii
... faith . If , in their writings , we see but little of that manly elegance of reason , which makes the writings of their inspired predecessors so truly ad- mirable ; and is so striking a proof of the reality of that inspiration : yet ...
... faith . If , in their writings , we see but little of that manly elegance of reason , which makes the writings of their inspired predecessors so truly ad- mirable ; and is so striking a proof of the reality of that inspiration : yet ...
Page xx
... faith and they thought they saw , in St. Paul's censure of the Grecian wisdom , the condemnation of all hu- man literature , in general . St. Paul had himself ab- stained from their meretricious eloquence , and had cautioned posterity ...
... faith and they thought they saw , in St. Paul's censure of the Grecian wisdom , the condemnation of all hu- man literature , in general . St. Paul had himself ab- stained from their meretricious eloquence , and had cautioned posterity ...
Page xxi
... faith against infidels and heretics . Amongst the means they employed for the speedy conversion of the world , one was to bring Christianity as near to the genius of the Gentile religion , and of the Greek philosophy , as could be done ...
... faith against infidels and heretics . Amongst the means they employed for the speedy conversion of the world , one was to bring Christianity as near to the genius of the Gentile religion , and of the Greek philosophy , as could be done ...
Page xxiv
... faith , which , as Plato was in the highest credit , would be deemed a victory over philosophy in general . What they seemed to ground their hopes upon was the scep- tical disposition of the academy as in its first institution . The ...
... faith , which , as Plato was in the highest credit , would be deemed a victory over philosophy in general . What they seemed to ground their hopes upon was the scep- tical disposition of the academy as in its first institution . The ...
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Page 41 - And He will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the veil that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of His people shall He take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 297 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Page 42 - And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Page 241 - Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Page 262 - For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another divers kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
Page 224 - Thou shalt be -visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
Page 204 - And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Page 358 - Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him...
Page 356 - The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? 26 But if we shall say Of men; we fear the people: for all hold John as a prophet. 27 And they answered Jesus and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
Page 41 - Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth : for the Father seeketh such to worship him.