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... Method recommended , LECTURE V. · Subject continued . The Knowledge of the Scriptures the most essential Part of the Study . How far the Study of Controversy demands our Attention , · LECTURE VI . 56 68 Method of prosecuting our ...
... Method recommended , LECTURE V. · Subject continued . The Knowledge of the Scriptures the most essential Part of the Study . How far the Study of Controversy demands our Attention , · LECTURE VI . 56 68 Method of prosecuting our ...
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... method best adapted to one sort may not be the best adapted to another . I explain myself by an example , which comes directly to the point in hand . The Christian theology may be studied , first , like any other branch of liberal ...
... method best adapted to one sort may not be the best adapted to another . I explain myself by an example , which comes directly to the point in hand . The Christian theology may be studied , first , like any other branch of liberal ...
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... methods ; and each method may have advantages pe- culiar to itself ; yet in general it may be affirmed , that that ar- rangement will answer best upon the whole , wherein the order of nature is most strictly adhered to , and wherein ...
... methods ; and each method may have advantages pe- culiar to itself ; yet in general it may be affirmed , that that ar- rangement will answer best upon the whole , wherein the order of nature is most strictly adhered to , and wherein ...
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... methods of arguing on this subject from the effect to the cause , scripture itself disdains not to adopt and authenticate . " He that planted the ear , shall he not hear ? He that formed the eye , shall he not see ? " And as to the ...
... methods of arguing on this subject from the effect to the cause , scripture itself disdains not to adopt and authenticate . " He that planted the ear , shall he not hear ? He that formed the eye , shall he not see ? " And as to the ...
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... methods of investigation are widely different . There is even a considerable utility in pursuing both methods , as what is clear in the one , may serve to enlighten what is obscure in the other . And both have their difficulties and ...
... methods of investigation are widely different . There is even a considerable utility in pursuing both methods , as what is clear in the one , may serve to enlighten what is obscure in the other . And both have their difficulties and ...
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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.