Lectures in Defence of Divine Revelation: Delivered at the Universalist Chapel, in Providence, R. I. |
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... reason to complain , if their own weapons are occasion- ally turned upon themselves . That the arguments and evidences contained in these Lectures may be rendered instrumental of promoting the honor of God , by removing some of the ...
... reason to complain , if their own weapons are occasion- ally turned upon themselves . That the arguments and evidences contained in these Lectures may be rendered instrumental of promoting the honor of God , by removing some of the ...
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... reason and principle , as to deny the being of a God ? Yes , my friends , there are multitudes , who in theory deny this truth ; and still more , who , in practice , evince that they are destitute of any proper sense of their ...
... reason and principle , as to deny the being of a God ? Yes , my friends , there are multitudes , who in theory deny this truth ; and still more , who , in practice , evince that they are destitute of any proper sense of their ...
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... reason would blush to admit that any cause ever pro- duced an effect above itself , or that any effect ever exist- ed independent of its cause . Will the skeptic , to extricate himself from this absurdi- ty , now assert that nature is ...
... reason would blush to admit that any cause ever pro- duced an effect above itself , or that any effect ever exist- ed independent of its cause . Will the skeptic , to extricate himself from this absurdi- ty , now assert that nature is ...
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... reason and experience : -And does reason teach us that gross particles of matter are intelligent and capable of design- ing all the beautiful order and harmony with which we are surrounded ? And is there any thing in the expe- rience of ...
... reason and experience : -And does reason teach us that gross particles of matter are intelligent and capable of design- ing all the beautiful order and harmony with which we are surrounded ? And is there any thing in the expe- rience of ...
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... reason , will venture to de- fend a proposition so absurd and extravagant . I expect , my hearers , to be able to prove by fair and tangible evidence , that the globe , which we inhabit , had a beginning ; and if it had a beginning , it ...
... reason , will venture to de- fend a proposition so absurd and extravagant . I expect , my hearers , to be able to prove by fair and tangible evidence , that the globe , which we inhabit , had a beginning ; and if it had a beginning , it ...
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Page 89 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands...
Page 122 - For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it...
Page 41 - And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul...
Page 99 - And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.
Page 18 - Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Page 136 - For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Page 140 - Now there was about this time, Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man ; for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure.
Page 205 - Is it possible that a book, at once so simple and sublime, should be merely the work of man ? Is it possible that the sacred personage, whose history it contains, should be himself a mere man...
Page 206 - Socrates peaceably philosophizing with his friends, appears the most agreeable that could be wished for ; that of Jesus, expiring in the midst of agonizing pains, abused, insulted and accused by a whole nation, is the most horrible that could be feared. Socrates in receiving the cup of poison, blessed...
Page 159 - FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word...