A Collection of Essays and Tracts in Theology, from Various Authors,with Biographical and Critical Notices, Volume 6O. Everett, 1826 - Theology |
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... appears , that Taylor was , at the time of preaching it , chaplain to the archbishop , and he was shortly after made chaplain in ordinary to the king . In the year 1638 , we also find him settled in the rectory of Uppingham , on the ...
... appears , that Taylor was , at the time of preaching it , chaplain to the archbishop , and he was shortly after made chaplain in ordinary to the king . In the year 1638 , we also find him settled in the rectory of Uppingham , on the ...
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... appear . While in prison he had a correspondence on the subject of this work with the Bishop of Rochester , who had taken serious exception to some of its doctrines . This trea- tise indeed led him into a very warm controversy with the ...
... appear . While in prison he had a correspondence on the subject of this work with the Bishop of Rochester , who had taken serious exception to some of its doctrines . This trea- tise indeed led him into a very warm controversy with the ...
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... it is neces- sary to receive the testimony of men , however positive , with more of doubt than Boyle , Wilkins , or even Ba- con , appear to have been accustomed to exercise . ' But Taylor was anything rather than a critical in- 22 TAYLOR .
... it is neces- sary to receive the testimony of men , however positive , with more of doubt than Boyle , Wilkins , or even Ba- con , appear to have been accustomed to exercise . ' But Taylor was anything rather than a critical in- 22 TAYLOR .
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... appears in the case of the Ethiopian Eunuch , whose creed was only this , " I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God , " and upon this confession , saith the story , they both went into the water , and the Ethiop was washed , and ...
... appears in the case of the Ethiopian Eunuch , whose creed was only this , " I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God , " and upon this confession , saith the story , they both went into the water , and the Ethiop was washed , and ...
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... appears in this , that since faith is a necessary predisposition to baptism in all persons capable of the use of reason , all Catechu- mens in the Latin Church coming to baptism , were interrogated concerning their faith , and gave ...
... appears in this , that since faith is a necessary predisposition to baptism in all persons capable of the use of reason , all Catechu- mens in the Latin Church coming to baptism , were interrogated concerning their faith , and gave ...
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Page 183 - For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Page 134 - No man can tell but he that loves his children, how many delicious accents make a man's heart dance in the pretty conversation of those dear pledges ; their childishness, their stammering, their little angers, their innocence, their imperfections, their necessities, are so many little emanations of joy and comfort to him that delights in their persons and society...
Page 179 - Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light, and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth, which he has laid within the reach of their natural faculties ; revelation is natural reason, enlarged by a new set of discoveries communicated by God immediately, which reason vouches the truth of, by the testimony and proofs it gives, that they come from God.
Page 24 - Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God...
Page 64 - From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil, do proceed all actual transgressions.
Page 127 - ... prayer is the peace of our spirit, the stillness of our thoughts, the evenness of recollection, the seat of meditation, the rest of our cares, and the calm of our tempest ; prayer is the issue of a quiet mind, of untroubled thoughts, it is the daughter of charity, and the sister of meekness...
Page 262 - ... that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Page 128 - ... loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest than it could recover by the...
Page 252 - If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
Page 128 - ... wings ; till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant, and stay till the storm was over, and then it made a prosperous flight, and did rise and sing as if it had learned music and motion from an angel, as he passed sometimes through the air about his ministries here below. So is the...