The Origin and Development of Religious Belief, Part 2D. Appleton, 1870 - Christianity |
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... Cause self - existent , absolutely free , the Creator of the world— The motive of creation not necessity nor duty - To be sought in the crea- tion , not in the Creator - The creature is the object of creation - The motive of creation is ...
... Cause self - existent , absolutely free , the Creator of the world— The motive of creation not necessity nor duty - To be sought in the crea- tion , not in the Creator - The creature is the object of creation - The motive of creation is ...
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... causes and effects . If , in shewing the clock , the philosopher were to say : There are only two things pos- sible , either it was made by a clock - maker who was his own father and mother , or it made itself , it would not be at all ...
... causes and effects . If , in shewing the clock , the philosopher were to say : There are only two things pos- sible , either it was made by a clock - maker who was his own father and mother , or it made itself , it would not be at all ...
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... cause of the truth of these primitive axioms . But till philosophy recognizes this , the inductive and the deductive methods will maintain internecine war . There are but two methods , which resume all others . In the one , reason ...
... cause of the truth of these primitive axioms . But till philosophy recognizes this , the inductive and the deductive methods will maintain internecine war . There are but two methods , which resume all others . In the one , reason ...
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... caused by the perception of the beautiful in music , painting and poetry , is the stretch- ing onward of the soul towards perfection ; and that which satisfies to - day will not satisfy to - morrow , for the ideal is never stationary ...
... caused by the perception of the beautiful in music , painting and poetry , is the stretch- ing onward of the soul towards perfection ; and that which satisfies to - day will not satisfy to - morrow , for the ideal is never stationary ...
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... cause everything strikes you simultaneously . That which is absolutely unlimited is to you equal to zero , all becomes identical with nothing ; absolute being is equivalent to entire negation . The rigorous consequence of this doctrine ...
... cause everything strikes you simultaneously . That which is absolutely unlimited is to you equal to zero , all becomes identical with nothing ; absolute being is equivalent to entire negation . The rigorous consequence of this doctrine ...
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Page 320 - HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 193 - For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body : so also is Christ. — For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free ; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Page 293 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it? No.- Doth he hear it? No. Is it insensible then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? No. Why? Detraction will not suffer it: — therefore I'll none of it: Honour is a mere scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.
Page 320 - The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for his own glory, man's salvation, faith and life, is either expressly set down in scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from scripture ; unto which nothing at any time is to be added, whether by new revelations of the Spirit or traditions of men.
Page 129 - But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
Page 257 - From whence come wars and fightings among you ? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members ? Ye lust, and have not ; ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain ; ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not ; ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Page 343 - For thou hast said in thine heart. I will ascend into heaven. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Page 193 - If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
Page 240 - Whence heavy persecution shall arise On all, who in the worship persevere Of spirit and truth; the rest, far greater part, Will deem in outward rites and specious forms Religion satisfied...
Page 129 - The head of every man is Christ, — and the head of Christ is...