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... present a picture of mere lawlessness , such as we find among the medieval nations of Europe , but of blind , gross ignorance of themselves and all around them . Atheism is possible now , but Lamech's presumptuous comparison of himself ...
... present a picture of mere lawlessness , such as we find among the medieval nations of Europe , but of blind , gross ignorance of themselves and all around them . Atheism is possible now , but Lamech's presumptuous comparison of himself ...
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... divine authority is utterly irreconcileable with our present feelings . But in the Mosaic system the same peremptory legislation deals with all these matters , whether important or trivial . The fact THE EDUCATION OF THE WORLD . 7.
... divine authority is utterly irreconcileable with our present feelings . But in the Mosaic system the same peremptory legislation deals with all these matters , whether important or trivial . The fact THE EDUCATION OF THE WORLD . 7.
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... at another world , nor even striving to organize the present , but rather aiming at the development of free nature . The highest possible cultiva- tion of the individual , the most finished perfection of THE EDUCATION OF THE WORLD . 15.
... at another world , nor even striving to organize the present , but rather aiming at the development of free nature . The highest possible cultiva- tion of the individual , the most finished perfection of THE EDUCATION OF THE WORLD . 15.
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... present he sees through a glass darkly . In every profession , after the principles are apparently mastered , there yet remains much to be learnt from the application of those principles to prac- tice , the only means by which we ever ...
... present he sees through a glass darkly . In every profession , after the principles are apparently mastered , there yet remains much to be learnt from the application of those principles to prac- tice , the only means by which we ever ...
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... present with the past , and fills old age with the fresh feelings of childhood . If truth sometimes suffers in form , it unquestionably gains much in power ; and if its onward progress is retarded , it gains im- measurably in solidity ...
... present with the past , and fills old age with the fresh feelings of childhood . If truth sometimes suffers in form , it unquestionably gains much in power ; and if its onward progress is retarded , it gains im- measurably in solidity ...
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Page 295 - And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true; and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
Page 323 - Bacon, that the words of prophecy are to be interpreted as the words of one ' with whom a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years...
Page 158 - 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 213 - Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it...
Page 201 - And the earth was without form, and void ; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Page 304 - Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement, but I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Page 306 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 254 - Our province is virtue and religion, life and manners; the science of improving the temper, and making the heart better. This is the field assigned us to cultivate: how much it has lain neglected is indeed astonishing.
Page 350 - Ghost, and taste of the good Word of God, and of the powers of the life to come, and yet have no part in Christ at all.