Christian Philosophy: Or, An Attempt to Display, by Internal Testimony, the Evidence and Excellence of Revealed Religion |
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... moral precept . Satisfied of the universality of the divine goodness , and of the thankless and rebellious cha- racter of man , they rejoice in contemplating the method whereby their great originating cause of being has still continued ...
... moral precept . Satisfied of the universality of the divine goodness , and of the thankless and rebellious cha- racter of man , they rejoice in contemplating the method whereby their great originating cause of being has still continued ...
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... moral conversion . The vast difference between the style of these writers , and that employed by the simple advo- cates of moral discipline , must be attributed either to an uncertainty in the statement of doctrine , as found in ...
... moral conversion . The vast difference between the style of these writers , and that employed by the simple advo- cates of moral discipline , must be attributed either to an uncertainty in the statement of doctrine , as found in ...
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... moral engine in opera- tion , is full of interest and excitement ; nor is it to be supposed that a subject of this kind , properly weighed , can fail of producing some important effects in determining the feelings to a right point ; but ...
... moral engine in opera- tion , is full of interest and excitement ; nor is it to be supposed that a subject of this kind , properly weighed , can fail of producing some important effects in determining the feelings to a right point ; but ...
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... to the communication of knowledge , or the establishment of moral principles : they rest in the design of im- proving and strengthening the minds of men by quickening them into thought ; leaving them , when they xvi INTRODUCTORY ESSAY .
... to the communication of knowledge , or the establishment of moral principles : they rest in the design of im- proving and strengthening the minds of men by quickening them into thought ; leaving them , when they xvi INTRODUCTORY ESSAY .
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... morals ; or if , in the general style of their discourses , we find the strength and independence of the human mind perpetually insisted upon , to the exclusion of those humbling considerations founded on the doctrines of spiritual ...
... morals ; or if , in the general style of their discourses , we find the strength and independence of the human mind perpetually insisted upon , to the exclusion of those humbling considerations founded on the doctrines of spiritual ...
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Page 43 - Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Page 308 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 18 - The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree ; him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. And we are his witnesses of these things, and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Page 116 - No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him ; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Page 182 - Lord, according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue : whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises : that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Page 84 - Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
Page 305 - If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
Page 129 - But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Page 197 - For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Page 298 - But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.