A Plea for Religion and the Sacred Writings: Addressed to the Disciples of Thomas Paine, and Wavering Christians of Every Persuasion: with an Appendix, Containing the Author's Determination to Have Relinquished His Charge in the Established Church ... To which is Added, a Discourse on State Entertainments, and on Dreams and Night-visions ... With Numerous Additional Notes |
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Page viii
... look till he did find it , for he could not die till it was destroyed . " The person , having at last met with it , gave it into his hands . It was no sooner committed to him , than he tore it to pieces , with mingled horror and revenge ...
... look till he did find it , for he could not die till it was destroyed . " The person , having at last met with it , gave it into his hands . It was no sooner committed to him , than he tore it to pieces , with mingled horror and revenge ...
Page xi
... look , the greater light accrues , and consequently the greater satisfaction . So it has always appeared to me , who have looked diligently , and examined ; and I trust I have not been mistaken . " * an " When I was in camp with the ...
... look , the greater light accrues , and consequently the greater satisfaction . So it has always appeared to me , who have looked diligently , and examined ; and I trust I have not been mistaken . " * an " When I was in camp with the ...
Page xiii
... look- ing forward with exultation to the revealed pro- mises of his Creator , when he shall be greater than the greatest , and happier than the happiest of man- kind . What a change in such a mind might not be wrought by such a ...
... look- ing forward with exultation to the revealed pro- mises of his Creator , when he shall be greater than the greatest , and happier than the happiest of man- kind . What a change in such a mind might not be wrought by such a ...
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... look up through Nature to Nature's God . Yet the result of all his contemplation was the most confirmed and devout belief in all which the other holds in con- tempt , as despicable and drivelling superstition . " ' But this error might ...
... look up through Nature to Nature's God . Yet the result of all his contemplation was the most confirmed and devout belief in all which the other holds in con- tempt , as despicable and drivelling superstition . " ' But this error might ...
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... look upon his like again . " His literary productions are , 1. Seven Sermons on differ- ent subjects , printed in the year 1774. 2. Sacred Litera- ture , in 4 vols . 1788. 3. A Discourse on Stage Enter- tainments , 1788. 4. On the vast ...
... look upon his like again . " His literary productions are , 1. Seven Sermons on differ- ent subjects , printed in the year 1774. 2. Sacred Litera- ture , in 4 vols . 1788. 3. A Discourse on Stage Enter- tainments , 1788. 4. On the vast ...
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