Lectures in Defence of Divine Revelation: Delivered at the Universalist Chapel, in Providence, R. I. |
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... author is aware that he has passed by many impor- tant subjects , contained in the Scriptures , and which are supported by the authority of profane historians ; and he has neglected to call in the aid of numerous evidences 2.
... author is aware that he has passed by many impor- tant subjects , contained in the Scriptures , and which are supported by the authority of profane historians ; and he has neglected to call in the aid of numerous evidences 2.
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... authority have Atheists ever produced to prove this hypothesis ? Will they pretend that history warrants such an assertion ? They dare not do this ; for they know that history plainly teaches the creation of the world . Will they assume ...
... authority have Atheists ever produced to prove this hypothesis ? Will they pretend that history warrants such an assertion ? They dare not do this ; for they know that history plainly teaches the creation of the world . Will they assume ...
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... authority of these obligations , we ought rather to rejoice and thank God that he has fur- nished us with powers for their performance . Is it now demanded , " What is the Almighty that we should serve him ? " We answer ; He is the ...
... authority of these obligations , we ought rather to rejoice and thank God that he has fur- nished us with powers for their performance . Is it now demanded , " What is the Almighty that we should serve him ? " We answer ; He is the ...
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... authority , which they re- ceived , and acknowledged to be from God . ( Whether his authority was divine for what he did , will be discussed in a future Lecture . ) After performing many astonishing prodigies ( which we term miracles ) ...
... authority , which they re- ceived , and acknowledged to be from God . ( Whether his authority was divine for what he did , will be discussed in a future Lecture . ) After performing many astonishing prodigies ( which we term miracles ) ...
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... authority to the ' temper of the mind or soul , and claim a sacred influence over the hearts and affections of their subjects . They forbid injustice , theft and covetousness , and re- quire the duties of justice , honesty ...
... authority to the ' temper of the mind or soul , and claim a sacred influence over the hearts and affections of their subjects . They forbid injustice , theft and covetousness , and re- quire the duties of justice , honesty ...
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Page 90 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands...
Page 160 - FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word : It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, that thou mightest know the certainty of those things wherein thou hast been instructed.
Page 123 - For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it...
Page 42 - And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul...
Page 110 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest...
Page 100 - And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them : for I am the LORD their God.
Page 141 - Now there was about this time, Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man ; for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure.
Page 19 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Page 122 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever.
Page 206 - I will confess to you, that the majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the gospel has its influence on my heart. Peruse the works of our philosophers, with all their pomp of diction, how mean, how contemptible, are they, compared with the Scriptures! Is it possible that a book, at once so simple and so sublime, should be merely the work of man ? Is it possible that the sacred personage whose history it contains should be himself a mere man?