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... proper province of the reasoning faculty . Impatience in judging , he thought , was another great source of the evil alluded to . " Some people , " he remarks in his last preliminary dissertation to his work on the Gospels , " have so ...
... proper province of the reasoning faculty . Impatience in judging , he thought , was another great source of the evil alluded to . " Some people , " he remarks in his last preliminary dissertation to his work on the Gospels , " have so ...
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... proper study for the man who intends to enter into the holy ministry . Again , whatever may enable him to make a proper application of those acquisitions in knowledge , so as to turn them to the best account for the benefit of his ...
... proper study for the man who intends to enter into the holy ministry . Again , whatever may enable him to make a proper application of those acquisitions in knowledge , so as to turn them to the best account for the benefit of his ...
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... proper to acquire a right apprehension of the subject , before we consider either its evidence , or what may serve to recommend it . The knowledge of the Christian theology , in the strictest sense of the word , is no doubt principally ...
... proper to acquire a right apprehension of the subject , before we consider either its evidence , or what may serve to recommend it . The knowledge of the Christian theology , in the strictest sense of the word , is no doubt principally ...
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... proper use of both the temporal and the spiritual benefits which God hath seen meet to bestow . The conduct of the beneficent Father of the universe is entirely analogous in both . He confers liberally the materials or means of ...
... proper use of both the temporal and the spiritual benefits which God hath seen meet to bestow . The conduct of the beneficent Father of the universe is entirely analogous in both . He confers liberally the materials or means of ...
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... proper department of the Christian divine , the first inquiry that occurs on this subject , is concerning the truth , or , which in the present case is precisely the same , the di- vinity of our religion . The grand question , to adopt ...
... proper department of the Christian divine , the first inquiry that occurs on this subject , is concerning the truth , or , which in the present case is precisely the same , the di- vinity of our religion . The grand question , to adopt ...
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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.