The Quarterly Christian Spectator1830 - Religion |
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... human nature . When I use the term man , I employ it to express every being in whom these circumstances are to be found . " p . 202. Here the word man is made to stand for a being , and not merely for the feeling of resemblance between ...
... human nature . When I use the term man , I employ it to express every being in whom these circumstances are to be found . " p . 202. Here the word man is made to stand for a being , and not merely for the feeling of resemblance between ...
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... human reason , as a guide of faith and practice . In considering the condition of the heathen world before the coming of Christ , Mr. W. reminds us how difficult it is at the present day , to form an adequate conception of its real ...
... human reason , as a guide of faith and practice . In considering the condition of the heathen world before the coming of Christ , Mr. W. reminds us how difficult it is at the present day , to form an adequate conception of its real ...
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... human race ? She has boasted of the light of reason and of nature . Has she been shown that the truth of the christian scriptures is established by the concurrent testimo- ny of multitudes , -of enemies as well as friends , —collateral ...
... human race ? She has boasted of the light of reason and of nature . Has she been shown that the truth of the christian scriptures is established by the concurrent testimo- ny of multitudes , -of enemies as well as friends , —collateral ...
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... human ingenuity will find means of evading the most conclusive circum- stantial argument , and that by such arguments mainly , the authen- ticity of the sacred books has been supported . Take , for an illus- tration , the Epistle to the ...
... human ingenuity will find means of evading the most conclusive circum- stantial argument , and that by such arguments mainly , the authen- ticity of the sacred books has been supported . Take , for an illus- tration , the Epistle to the ...
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... human system . The difficulty does not lie in vacci- nation ; though liable to be somewhat modified by circumstances , its powers are evidently as great and as extensive as ever . It is from the new and irregular form which the small ...
... human system . The difficulty does not lie in vacci- nation ; though liable to be somewhat modified by circumstances , its powers are evidently as great and as extensive as ever . It is from the new and irregular form which the small ...
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Page 698 - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment...
Page 98 - Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Page 630 - So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
Page 679 - His, be as ready to receive it as ever you were to receive any truth by my ministry; for I am verily persuaded that the Lord has more truth yet to break forth out of His Holy Word.
Page 679 - This is a misery much to be lamented; for though they were burning and shining lights in their times, yet they penetrated not into the whole counsel of God; but were they now living, would be as willing to embrace further light as that which they first received.
Page 92 - But yet if we would speak of things as they are, we must allow that all the art of rhetoric, besides order and clearness, all the artificial and figurative application of words eloquence hath invented, are for nothing else but to insinuate wrong ideas, move the passions, and thereby mislead the judgment, and so indeed are ^perfect cheats...
Page 339 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son : the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Page 184 - And when he came to himself, he said. How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare ; and I perish with hunger. I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him.
Page 352 - For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord; walk as children of light, (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,) proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
Page 146 - I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy: but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing...