The Free-enquirer [by P. Annet].1826 |
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... their false friends ; to expose those who prostitute either to their lusts , or to sordid interest ; and to provoke the reserved and artful to declare themselves openly whether they set up faith against common sense , philosophy 6.
... their false friends ; to expose those who prostitute either to their lusts , or to sordid interest ; and to provoke the reserved and artful to declare themselves openly whether they set up faith against common sense , philosophy 6.
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whether they set up faith against common sense , philosophy against nature , law against honesty , and polity against reasonable liberty and conscientious toleration ; or will allow that they ought to support each other . We will exert ...
whether they set up faith against common sense , philosophy against nature , law against honesty , and polity against reasonable liberty and conscientious toleration ; or will allow that they ought to support each other . We will exert ...
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... faith , concerning which we have no positive data . Our bodily eyes are sufficient to di- rect our steps in the light ; but it is in vain to hope for their assistance , if we resolve to grope in the dark ! Here then reason deserts us ...
... faith , concerning which we have no positive data . Our bodily eyes are sufficient to di- rect our steps in the light ; but it is in vain to hope for their assistance , if we resolve to grope in the dark ! Here then reason deserts us ...
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... faith leads to preposterous and absurd ac- tions ; how necessary then it is that our faith should be founded on right principles and a reasonable judgment . If God may command the innocent to be sacrificed , and a will to obey that ...
... faith leads to preposterous and absurd ac- tions ; how necessary then it is that our faith should be founded on right principles and a reasonable judgment . If God may command the innocent to be sacrificed , and a will to obey that ...
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... faith , and ready obedience , without doubting , examining , or pausing about it , that Abra- ham believed God , and it was counted to him for righteousness . He staggered not at unbelief , being strong in the faith ; but such a faith ...
... faith , and ready obedience , without doubting , examining , or pausing about it , that Abra- ham believed God , and it was counted to him for righteousness . He staggered not at unbelief , being strong in the faith ; but such a faith ...
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Popular passages
Page 25 - And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Page 24 - And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous ; I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me ; and if not, I will know.
Page 22 - And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Page 83 - Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Page 93 - About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt : and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill ; and all the firstborn of beasts.
Page 25 - And the Lord smelled a sweet savour ; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake ; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth ; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Page 79 - But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
Page 4 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same...
Page 93 - And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill ; and all the firstborn of beasts. 6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.
Page 44 - And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty: but every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.