An essay on the office of the intellect in religion, with especial reference to the evidences of a revelation, and the proof of Christian doctrineFrancis & John Rivington, 1849 - 300 pages |
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... authority is claimed for the principles which it maintains , because it is apparent from the nature of the sub- ject that novelty could only be admitted at the expense of truth . A merited suspicion of grave error , as well as the ...
... authority is claimed for the principles which it maintains , because it is apparent from the nature of the sub- ject that novelty could only be admitted at the expense of truth . A merited suspicion of grave error , as well as the ...
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... authority . If , in addition , we are able to conclude , that the deductions of those writers obtained a general reception in the best ages of the undivided Church , we seem to possess an amount of evidence that is nothing short of a ...
... authority . If , in addition , we are able to conclude , that the deductions of those writers obtained a general reception in the best ages of the undivided Church , we seem to possess an amount of evidence that is nothing short of a ...
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... authority , it cannot offer to impose new on the un- willing . There have been some , however , who appeared to begin well , who were not ashamed of the truth because it was old , nor despised it because they had learned and not ...
... authority , it cannot offer to impose new on the un- willing . There have been some , however , who appeared to begin well , who were not ashamed of the truth because it was old , nor despised it because they had learned and not ...
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... authority were many who were unfaithful expositors of her doctrine , and many more who very inadequately represented her faith and spirit . She was thus made to speak a language foreign to her mind ; while the secularity of her tone ...
... authority were many who were unfaithful expositors of her doctrine , and many more who very inadequately represented her faith and spirit . She was thus made to speak a language foreign to her mind ; while the secularity of her tone ...
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... authority , who ventured to think that rebuke and entreaty are sometimes as appropriate as argument in dealing with the perverse and immoral sceptic , and dared to speak for Christianity as becomes a Christian , assured of the truth ...
... authority , who ventured to think that rebuke and entreaty are sometimes as appropriate as argument in dealing with the perverse and immoral sceptic , and dared to speak for Christianity as becomes a Christian , assured of the truth ...
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An Essay on the Office of the Intellect in Religion: With Especial Reference ... William Edward Scudamore No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 195 - Lord: but this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel ; after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, " Know the Lord; "for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin...
Page 234 - Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low : and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 249 - From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
Page 266 - And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
Page 181 - And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Page 195 - For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground...
Page 175 - ... if thou criest after knowledge and liftest up thy voice for understanding; if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hid treasures; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. For the Lord giveth wisdom; out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
Page 242 - Say ye of him whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God ? If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
Page 16 - When Divine writers argue upon any point, we are always bound to believe the conclusions that their reasonings end in, as parts of Divine revelation : but we are not bound to be able to make out, or even to assent to, all the premises made use of by them...
Page 56 - And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.