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... proof ; and if the revelation and the thing revealed come to light at the same point of time , —the moment the infallibility is made out , its necessity ceases to exist . Perhaps , however , it will be urged that the correctness of some ...
... proof ; and if the revelation and the thing revealed come to light at the same point of time , —the moment the infallibility is made out , its necessity ceases to exist . Perhaps , however , it will be urged that the correctness of some ...
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... proof of it - is of no service . We must have some earlier , some antecedent proof , enabling us to rely upon it as soon as its announcements have been sent forth . In order to serve any purpose of illumination and authority ...
... proof of it - is of no service . We must have some earlier , some antecedent proof , enabling us to rely upon it as soon as its announcements have been sent forth . In order to serve any purpose of illumination and authority ...
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... proof that he was anything more than a human judge . My text requires a few words of explanation , to relieve it of the misconceptions which have arisen from inattention to the general scope of the passage of which it is a part , and ...
... proof that he was anything more than a human judge . My text requires a few words of explanation , to relieve it of the misconceptions which have arisen from inattention to the general scope of the passage of which it is a part , and ...
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... proof ; an audible voice , clearly supernatural , heard by a sufficient number of witnesses , and announcing a person to be infallible . If , however , the inspiration is not universal , extending through- out the whole mind , and ...
... proof ; an audible voice , clearly supernatural , heard by a sufficient number of witnesses , and announcing a person to be infallible . If , however , the inspiration is not universal , extending through- out the whole mind , and ...
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... proof against it : the impression of one set of evidences cannot be overpowered , but by the stronger impression of opposite evidence ; and this is all that can be meant by the submission of reason : it is the exchange of one judgment ...
... proof against it : the impression of one set of evidences cannot be overpowered , but by the stronger impression of opposite evidence ; and this is all that can be meant by the submission of reason : it is the exchange of one judgment ...
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RATIONALE OF RELIGIOUS ENQUIRY James 1805-1900 Martineau,Joseph Blanco 1775-1841 White No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 124 - I know my course. The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, — As he is very potent with such spirits, — Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: — the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Page 128 - 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 31 - We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts : knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
Page 152 - He who begins by loving Christianity better than Truth, will proceed by loving his own sect or Church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.
Page 160 - This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of his dominion he is wont to be called Lord God...
Page 28 - Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed this unto thee, but my Father, which is in heaven...