Christian Liberty. A Sermon Preached at St. Mary's, Before His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester (Chancellor of the University) and the University of Cambridge, at the Installation, June 30, 1811. (Notes.). |
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... less obscure . Now we find ourselves directly forbid- den , even in our religious exercises of alms , prayer , or fasting , to use any ostentatious display of devotion , or any unusual appear- ance of austerity . Absurd and extragavant ...
... less obscure . Now we find ourselves directly forbid- den , even in our religious exercises of alms , prayer , or fasting , to use any ostentatious display of devotion , or any unusual appear- ance of austerity . Absurd and extragavant ...
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... less and burthensome ceremonies , of an usurped dominion over the minds and con- sciences of men , of authority bearing down right , and of dogmatism putting reason to silence C 2 silence and setting at defiance the clearest and most ...
... less and burthensome ceremonies , of an usurped dominion over the minds and con- sciences of men , of authority bearing down right , and of dogmatism putting reason to silence C 2 silence and setting at defiance the clearest and most ...
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... less galling than that from which we have been ' set free . Let us look well to ourselves and our posterity , and let us be careful to preserve that liberty which our ancestors obtained for us by their wisdom , and sealed to us by their ...
... less galling than that from which we have been ' set free . Let us look well to ourselves and our posterity , and let us be careful to preserve that liberty which our ancestors obtained for us by their wisdom , and sealed to us by their ...
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... less than the eternal welfare of mankind . For when men can persuade themselves , that they have within them a divine and infallible guide , the very spirit of knowledge and of truth , they cannot but despise those who pretend not to ...
... less than the eternal welfare of mankind . For when men can persuade themselves , that they have within them a divine and infallible guide , the very spirit of knowledge and of truth , they cannot but despise those who pretend not to ...
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... less irreconcileable to our notions of the divine justice , than the language of the antient philosophers about Fate . P. 28. - Theological hatred . Whatever may be the hatred of our modern fanatics towards the doctrine of the Church of ...
... less irreconcileable to our notions of the divine justice , than the language of the antient philosophers about Fate . P. 28. - Theological hatred . Whatever may be the hatred of our modern fanatics towards the doctrine of the Church of ...
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