Lectures, Delivered at Bowdoin College: And Occasional SermonsJoseph Griffin, 1822 - 411 pages |
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... terms , the most sublime and majestic , it is not less true , that on other occasions , their language is exceedingly different . The same father of gods and men , who is repre- sented as grasping the thunder , and as governing the ...
... terms , the most sublime and majestic , it is not less true , that on other occasions , their language is exceedingly different . The same father of gods and men , who is repre- sented as grasping the thunder , and as governing the ...
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... terms the common pagans , ) might sometimes mistake these gods , not only for so many real and substantial , but also independent and self - existent deities . It is indeed a matter of no small difficulty to determine , with any ...
... terms the common pagans , ) might sometimes mistake these gods , not only for so many real and substantial , but also independent and self - existent deities . It is indeed a matter of no small difficulty to determine , with any ...
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... term is now used , has relation to a Supreme Being , and expresses right feelings towards him . But at the time , when the greatest gods among the heathen were men , there could have been no Supreme Being ; i . e . no be- ing entitled ...
... term is now used , has relation to a Supreme Being , and expresses right feelings towards him . But at the time , when the greatest gods among the heathen were men , there could have been no Supreme Being ; i . e . no be- ing entitled ...
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... term . It is no proper address to the Supreme Being , expressive of the sen- timents of humility , veneration and submission ; but the mere repetition of certain words , the pronunciation of which can be supposed to operate only as a ...
... term . It is no proper address to the Supreme Being , expressive of the sen- timents of humility , veneration and submission ; but the mere repetition of certain words , the pronunciation of which can be supposed to operate only as a ...
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... terms , of an institution , calculated to deaden the best sensibilities of the heart , and to substitute in their place a brutal ferocity , shows at once the imperious influence of custom , and the in- adequacy of gentile philosophy ...
... terms , of an institution , calculated to deaden the best sensibilities of the heart , and to substitute in their place a brutal ferocity , shows at once the imperious influence of custom , and the in- adequacy of gentile philosophy ...
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