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... the superiority of Revela- tion to all the efforts of natural wisdom ; and the necessity of it to the welfare of mankind . His style wants compression With these are interwoven occasional ap- peals to the superior PREFACE . vii.
... the superiority of Revela- tion to all the efforts of natural wisdom ; and the necessity of it to the welfare of mankind . His style wants compression With these are interwoven occasional ap- peals to the superior PREFACE . vii.
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... superior doctrines of the Scriptures ; and to this purpose is also dedicated the first , or introductory , chapter ; which presents a ge- neral statement of the blessings annexed to the sincere profession of Christianity , in the “ life ...
... superior doctrines of the Scriptures ; and to this purpose is also dedicated the first , or introductory , chapter ; which presents a ge- neral statement of the blessings annexed to the sincere profession of Christianity , in the “ life ...
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... superior claim of the Scriptures , which therefore became the object of their hatred and detraction . No argument is more common with the defenders of the faith , than that its origin ascended beyond the highest historical This is the ...
... superior claim of the Scriptures , which therefore became the object of their hatred and detraction . No argument is more common with the defenders of the faith , than that its origin ascended beyond the highest historical This is the ...
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... superior to it in all things ; in antiquity , if we consider the late origin of Grecian knowledge ; in au- thority , if we look at its errors . I am cap- tivated by their style , free from Grecian in- flation ; the artless simplicity of ...
... superior to it in all things ; in antiquity , if we consider the late origin of Grecian knowledge ; in au- thority , if we look at its errors . I am cap- tivated by their style , free from Grecian in- flation ; the artless simplicity of ...
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... in terris hoc ducitur ævum , Naturæ donis potiora occurrere dona ; Cultorésque Dei jam te magis esse beatos . Lib . i . 1018 . satisfactorily demonstrates the superior ad- vantages possessed by the man 40 PAGANISM AND.
... in terris hoc ducitur ævum , Naturæ donis potiora occurrere dona ; Cultorésque Dei jam te magis esse beatos . Lib . i . 1018 . satisfactorily demonstrates the superior ad- vantages possessed by the man 40 PAGANISM AND.
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Page 406 - God loves from whole to parts : but human soul Must rise from individual to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His country next, and next all human race ; Wide and more wide, th...
Page 3 - Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves : be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. But beware of men : for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues...
Page 59 - Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty Cherubim; the sudden blaze Far round illumined Hell. Highly they raged Against the Highest, and fierce with grasped arms Clashed on their sounding shields the din of war, Hurling defiance toward the vault of Heaven.
Page 161 - When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, "Why trouble ye the woman? For she hath wrought a good work upon me.
Page 268 - Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Page 154 - So were created, nor can justly accuse Their Maker, or their making, or their fate ; As if predestination over-ruled Their will, disposed by absolute decree Or high foreknowledge : they themselves decreed Their own revolt, not I : if I foreknew, Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault, Which had no less proved certain unforeknown. So without least impulse or shadow...
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Page 56 - For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus which smote him ; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me : but they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
Page 312 - Mammon led them on ; Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell From heaven ; for e'en in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught, divine or holy, else enjoy'd In vision beatific...
Page 323 - He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.