A Letter to a Friend on the authority, purpose, and effects of Christianity, and especially on the doctrine of RedemptionJohn and Arthur Arch, 1824 - 63 pages |
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... moral science of human invention , but as a religion revealed to mankind by the Creator himself , and promulgated upon his authority . In reference to this pri- mary position , there are a few particu- lars of evidence to which it may ...
... moral science of human invention , but as a religion revealed to mankind by the Creator himself , and promulgated upon his authority . In reference to this pri- mary position , there are a few particu- lars of evidence to which it may ...
Page 11
... moral precept . II . It being a well established point , that the writings , of which the New Tes- tament consists , are the genuine work of the evangelists and apostles , we may , in the next place , observe that the his- tory ...
... moral precept . II . It being a well established point , that the writings , of which the New Tes- tament consists , are the genuine work of the evangelists and apostles , we may , in the next place , observe that the his- tory ...
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... the sub- ject discarded ; and it becomes a moral certainty that the lock and key proceed- ed from the same master - hand , and truly appertain to each other . Now this is a familiar but precise representation , of the evidence afforded , ...
... the sub- ject discarded ; and it becomes a moral certainty that the lock and key proceed- ed from the same master - hand , and truly appertain to each other . Now this is a familiar but precise representation , of the evidence afforded , ...
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... moral perfections . A comprehensive view even of natural religion leads to an easy admission of the declarations of the sacred writers , that God is just , holy , true , bounteous , and merciful . Such being the moral attributes of our ...
... moral perfections . A comprehensive view even of natural religion leads to an easy admission of the declarations of the sacred writers , that God is just , holy , true , bounteous , and merciful . Such being the moral attributes of our ...
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... true christian is thus introduced to a peaceful commu- nion with the Father of spirits , he is gradually weaned from his evil passions , and becomes conformed , in his own per- son , to the moral attributes of the Deity . 25.
... true christian is thus introduced to a peaceful commu- nion with the Father of spirits , he is gradually weaned from his evil passions , and becomes conformed , in his own per- son , to the moral attributes of the Deity . 25.
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