Lectures, Delivered at Bowdoin College: And Occasional SermonsJoseph Griffin, 1822 - 411 pages |
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... contemplation of such a being , would necessarily , to sensual and profligate men , be attended with self reproach . They would , therefore , dislike to retain God in their knowledge . But human spirits had neither the pu- rity nor the ...
... contemplation of such a being , would necessarily , to sensual and profligate men , be attended with self reproach . They would , therefore , dislike to retain God in their knowledge . But human spirits had neither the pu- rity nor the ...
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... contemplate any object , either in the heavens , or on the earth , which has not , in some age or country , been treated as divine . Accordingly an eminent author , whose object was to praise the religion of the heathen at the expense ...
... contemplate any object , either in the heavens , or on the earth , which has not , in some age or country , been treated as divine . Accordingly an eminent author , whose object was to praise the religion of the heathen at the expense ...
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... contemplate his character with reverence , or rational af- fection ? What was there to revere in a being , whose pas- sions were more violent , and whose crimes were more nu- merous than those of human offenders ? With what sense of ...
... contemplate his character with reverence , or rational af- fection ? What was there to revere in a being , whose pas- sions were more violent , and whose crimes were more nu- merous than those of human offenders ? With what sense of ...
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... contemplation . To intelligent creatures of correct moral feelings , God is , of all objects , most amiable , splendid , and majestic . Reason dic- tates , that our attention to objects , should be in proportion to their magnitude , and ...
... contemplation . To intelligent creatures of correct moral feelings , God is , of all objects , most amiable , splendid , and majestic . Reason dic- tates , that our attention to objects , should be in proportion to their magnitude , and ...
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... contemplation , greater or less to the understanding , it could never get loose from the infinite , eter- nal joys of heaven , once proposed and considered as pos- sible ; the eternal condition of a future state infinitely out- weighing ...
... contemplation , greater or less to the understanding , it could never get loose from the infinite , eter- nal joys of heaven , once proposed and considered as pos- sible ; the eternal condition of a future state infinitely out- weighing ...
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