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... reader to deduce . The conclusions , which the author draws , are so well limited , and ex- pressed in terms so precise , and so remote from the ostentatious and dogmatical manner , that the attentive reader is inclined 8 ADVERTISEMENT .
... reader to deduce . The conclusions , which the author draws , are so well limited , and ex- pressed in terms so precise , and so remote from the ostentatious and dogmatical manner , that the attentive reader is inclined 8 ADVERTISEMENT .
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... manner and phraseology of the Septuagint , a literal version of the Old Testament into Greek ; there is a peculiarity in their idiom , to be master of which requires an intimate acquaintance with that people's manner of thinking ( and ...
... manner and phraseology of the Septuagint , a literal version of the Old Testament into Greek ; there is a peculiarity in their idiom , to be master of which requires an intimate acquaintance with that people's manner of thinking ( and ...
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... not so much from the study itself , of which it is by no means a necessary consequence , as from something wrong in the manner of conducting it . Let us then , like wise men , guard against the abuse 18 CAMPBELL'S LECTURES .
... not so much from the study itself , of which it is by no means a necessary consequence , as from something wrong in the manner of conducting it . Let us then , like wise men , guard against the abuse 18 CAMPBELL'S LECTURES .
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... manner informs us that " when the Gentiles who have not the ( written ) law do by nature the things contained in the law , these having not the law , are a law to themselves ; who .show the work of the law written in their hearts ...
... manner informs us that " when the Gentiles who have not the ( written ) law do by nature the things contained in the law , these having not the law , are a law to themselves ; who .show the work of the law written in their hearts ...
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... manner the truth of our religion may be most successfully defended , let us con- sider in what way it hath been most strenuously attacked . Upon a careful examination of all the multifarious assaults that have been made by argument ...
... manner the truth of our religion may be most successfully defended , let us con- sider in what way it hath been most strenuously attacked . Upon a careful examination of all the multifarious assaults that have been made by argument ...
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Page 147 - Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Page 114 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Page 59 - For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world ; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Page 86 - 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 154 - The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye : return, come.
Page 70 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same : Unerring NATURE, still divinely bright, One clear, unchanged, and universal light, Life, force, and beauty, must to all impart, At once the source, and end, and test of Art.
Page 56 - Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; 2.
Page 55 - And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
Page 23 - He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Page 41 - True Wit is Nature to advantage dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd ; Something, whose truth convinc'd at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind.