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 vii
... religion , and the government of the Divine Being , by a daring and uncontrolled spirit of infidelity , destroy themselves , and rush into the presence of the Almighty without dismay . * More reasonable and becoming surely is the con ...
... religion , and the government of the Divine Being , by a daring and uncontrolled spirit of infidelity , destroy themselves , and rush into the presence of the Almighty without dismay . * More reasonable and becoming surely is the con ...
Page xii
... Religion and the Sacred Writings , I cannot do the religious reader a greater pleasure , or render the deistical one a more import- ant service , than by presenting him , in this place , with the substance of the speech which this cele ...
... Religion and the Sacred Writings , I cannot do the religious reader a greater pleasure , or render the deistical one a more import- ant service , than by presenting him , in this place , with the substance of the speech which this cele ...
Page xxi
... Religion is enlarged with a considerable quantity of fresh matter , and is more than double the size of the former ... religious and practical part , and , the author trusts , not without advantage , as a lively and experimental sense ...
... Religion is enlarged with a considerable quantity of fresh matter , and is more than double the size of the former ... religious and practical part , and , the author trusts , not without advantage , as a lively and experimental sense ...
Page xxvi
... religion of his country , as to make a reply , he shall think himself at liberty to return an answer or otherwise , as he may judge expedient . So far as the moral and religious conduct of the clergy is concerned , the best answer to ...
... religion of his country , as to make a reply , he shall think himself at liberty to return an answer or otherwise , as he may judge expedient . So far as the moral and religious conduct of the clergy is concerned , the best answer to ...
Page xxix
... religious excellence among all orders and descriptions of men , he would clasp to his bosom , make him room in his heart , and give him a place in the attic story of his affections . He loves a generous soul , a noble spirit , with whom ...
... religious excellence among all orders and descriptions of men , he would clasp to his bosom , make him room in his heart , and give him a place in the attic story of his affections . He loves a generous soul , a noble spirit , with whom ...
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