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... leads to the discovery of truth , yet a slighter and less profound humility will do the same . The philosopher has only to confess that he is liable to be deceived by false appearances and reasonings , to be biassed by prejudice , and ...
... leads to the discovery of truth , yet a slighter and less profound humility will do the same . The philosopher has only to confess that he is liable to be deceived by false appearances and reasonings , to be biassed by prejudice , and ...
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... leads ( as it often has led ) to the encourage- ment of the monastic spirit , and the extravagances of fanaticism . Although , then , Christianity seems to have been the first to give to the world the pattern of the true spirit of ...
... leads ( as it often has led ) to the encourage- ment of the monastic spirit , and the extravagances of fanaticism . Although , then , Christianity seems to have been the first to give to the world the pattern of the true spirit of ...
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... lead to any just idea of His Personality , since there can be no circumscribing lineaments nor configuration of the Immeasurable , no external condition or fortune to that Being who is all in all . Lastly , though Conscience seemed to ...
... lead to any just idea of His Personality , since there can be no circumscribing lineaments nor configuration of the Immeasurable , no external condition or fortune to that Being who is all in all . Lastly , though Conscience seemed to ...
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... lead us to no preposterous self - adoration . For instance , we read of Christ being formed in us— dwelling in the heart - of the Holy Spirit making us His temple ; particularly remarkable is our Sa- viour's own promise : " If a man ...
... lead us to no preposterous self - adoration . For instance , we read of Christ being formed in us— dwelling in the heart - of the Holy Spirit making us His temple ; particularly remarkable is our Sa- viour's own promise : " If a man ...
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... lead us in the direction of our moral instincts , or confirm them ; but if the agreement between the two be but matter of accident , what testimony do we gain from the mere Reason to the truths of Religion ? Why should we be surprised ...
... lead us in the direction of our moral instincts , or confirm them ; but if the agreement between the two be but matter of accident , what testimony do we gain from the mere Reason to the truths of Religion ? Why should we be surprised ...
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Page 57 - Fret not thyself because of evildoers, Neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.
Page 241 - If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them...
Page 231 - But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him : neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him ? But we have the mind of Christ.
Page 127 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Page 276 - For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another divers kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
Page 300 - BLESSED is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful...
Page 301 - I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what He will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
Page 153 - He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariot in the fire. Be still, and know that I am God : I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Page 308 - For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
Page 153 - Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will show to you to-day : for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.