The Life and Times of Richard Baxter: With a Critical Examination of His Writings, Volume 2J. Duncan, 1830 - Dissenters, Religious |
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... considerable men of his times , in the class to which he belonged . He took an active part in all those transactions that distinguished the reli- gious body with which he was connected , and whose affairs often involved the politics and ...
... considerable men of his times , in the class to which he belonged . He took an active part in all those transactions that distinguished the reli- gious body with which he was connected , and whose affairs often involved the politics and ...
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... considerable ability and regularity , and displays a great deal of thought , and , like all the other works of Baxter , a great fund of reading . On the nature and uses of natural religion , considerable diversity of opinion prevails ...
... considerable ability and regularity , and displays a great deal of thought , and , like all the other works of Baxter , a great fund of reading . On the nature and uses of natural religion , considerable diversity of opinion prevails ...
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... considerable respect , though he disapproved of part of his conduct . Among the Baxter MSS . there are several letters from Glanvil to Baxter , full of the warmest expressions of affection and admiration . In one of them , he begs ...
... considerable respect , though he disapproved of part of his conduct . Among the Baxter MSS . there are several letters from Glanvil to Baxter , full of the warmest expressions of affection and admiration . In one of them , he begs ...
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... considerable merit . Of the treatise of Grotius ' De Veritate , ' which had also been translated before , it is superfluous to speak ; its merits are well known , and duly estimated . 6 Had the Atheomastix ' of Bishop Fotherby ...
... considerable merit . Of the treatise of Grotius ' De Veritate , ' which had also been translated before , it is superfluous to speak ; its merits are well known , and duly estimated . 6 Had the Atheomastix ' of Bishop Fotherby ...
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... considerable ability , and with a vast profusion of learning , which excite regret that the bishop was not spared to grapple with infidelity , after so ably demolishing Atheism . Stillingfleet's Origines Sacræ , ' first appeared in 1663 ...
... considerable ability , and with a vast profusion of learning , which excite regret that the bishop was not spared to grapple with infidelity , after so ably demolishing Atheism . Stillingfleet's Origines Sacræ , ' first appeared in 1663 ...
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Page 436 - Happy art thou, O Israel : who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Page 118 - Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it and his habitation: but if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
Page 140 - Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulations, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
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Page 469 - This grew speedily to an excess ; for men began to hunt more after words than matter ; and more after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round and clean composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration of their works with tropes and figures, than after the weight of matter, worth of subject, soundness of argument, life of invention, or depth of judgment.
Page 450 - I know not ; but upon the perusal of it, I conceived so good an idea of the author's piety, that I bought the whole book.
Page 469 - ... affectionate study of eloquence and copie of speech, which then began to flourish. This grew speedily to an excess; for men began to hunt more after words than matter; and more after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round and clean composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses...
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Page 203 - Saviour purposed by his death to " gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad...
Page 365 - Holy Commonwealth or Political Aphorisms opening the true Principles of Government : for the healing of the mistakes and resolving the doubts that most endanger and trouble England at this time (if yet there may be hope).