The Independent WhigJohn Trenchard, Thomas Gordon |
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... Learning , carry to the Vulgar a kind of Mystery , and diftant Grandeur , and com- mand not only Admiration and Reverence , but often a fuperftitious Veneration . Added to this , they have the Poffeffion and Direction of our Fears , and ...
... Learning , carry to the Vulgar a kind of Mystery , and diftant Grandeur , and com- mand not only Admiration and Reverence , but often a fuperftitious Veneration . Added to this , they have the Poffeffion and Direction of our Fears , and ...
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... Learning and Virtue . This I do with a fincere Design to ferve Them , as well as the Laity ; hoping that when they see from what Source the Neglect and Contempt , which they fo much complain of , proceed , they will join heartily in ...
... Learning and Virtue . This I do with a fincere Design to ferve Them , as well as the Laity ; hoping that when they see from what Source the Neglect and Contempt , which they fo much complain of , proceed , they will join heartily in ...
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... Learning there taught and encouraged , are exactly calculated and adapted to this State of Darkness and Igno- rance : They are nothing but an unintelli- gible Jargon of undefined Words and bare Sounds , which mean nothing , and yet can ...
... Learning there taught and encouraged , are exactly calculated and adapted to this State of Darkness and Igno- rance : They are nothing but an unintelli- gible Jargon of undefined Words and bare Sounds , which mean nothing , and yet can ...
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... Learning ; nor fublimated from Jewish and Heathen Traditions ; nor extorted from doubt- ful , equivocal , and unintelligible Expreffions . It is not confiftent with the Goodness of God , to fuffer a Power , upon which the Being of ...
... Learning ; nor fublimated from Jewish and Heathen Traditions ; nor extorted from doubt- ful , equivocal , and unintelligible Expreffions . It is not confiftent with the Goodness of God , to fuffer a Power , upon which the Being of ...
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... Learning to the fame Ufes . And as to Grace , Piety and Humanity , I think verily the Modesty of the Clergy will not let them pretend to excel their Lay Neighbours in thofe Endowments . The Apostles were infpired , had the Gift of ...
... Learning to the fame Ufes . And as to Grace , Piety and Humanity , I think verily the Modesty of the Clergy will not let them pretend to excel their Lay Neighbours in thofe Endowments . The Apostles were infpired , had the Gift of ...
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Page 442 - Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Page 434 - And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, " I know him," and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Page 441 - Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Page 437 - Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Page 441 - Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor ; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
Page 368 - And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat down on the right hand of God ; from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified...
Page 386 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 441 - Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet'; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.' '"Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 97 - Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
Page 366 - Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.