An Essay on the Philosophical Evidence of Christianity: Or The Credibility Obtained to a Scriptural Revelation, from Its Coincidence with the Facts of Nature |
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... implied in those statements which rest the credibility of a religion solely and exclusively on the testimonies to its existence as an historical event . At the same time , it will readily be ac- knowledged , there is a strong prima ...
... implied in those statements which rest the credibility of a religion solely and exclusively on the testimonies to its existence as an historical event . At the same time , it will readily be ac- knowledged , there is a strong prima ...
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... implied in a doctrine - on the other hand , the evidence is diminished by apparent contradictions , or exceptions , in nature , to the operation of a general principle implied in a scriptural truth . - The evidence obtained to the ...
... implied in a doctrine - on the other hand , the evidence is diminished by apparent contradictions , or exceptions , in nature , to the operation of a general principle implied in a scriptural truth . - The evidence obtained to the ...
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... implied in the pre- cept , to " do the will of God " in order to " know of the doctrine ” —also in the tenour of the religion , as a religion which connects its doctrines with the business of human life - which descends to ...
... implied in the pre- cept , to " do the will of God " in order to " know of the doctrine ” —also in the tenour of the religion , as a religion which connects its doctrines with the business of human life - which descends to ...
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... imply one mode of thinking and feeling to be applied to one kind of instruction , and another to the other . In the event of a contradiction therefore , the revelation in question must , for the same reasons as before , be discarded as ...
... imply one mode of thinking and feeling to be applied to one kind of instruction , and another to the other . In the event of a contradiction therefore , the revelation in question must , for the same reasons as before , be discarded as ...
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... implied of some common principles of truth in the systems of nature and grace : but our object is to ascertain the foundation on which these assertions rest . The difficulty which arises on this point is from the sublimity and ...
... implied of some common principles of truth in the systems of nature and grace : but our object is to ascertain the foundation on which these assertions rest . The difficulty which arises on this point is from the sublimity and ...
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Page 119 - Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. 21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
Page 118 - And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm ; therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Page 151 - And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
Page 41 - So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Page 75 - We know not yet what we shall be, nor will it ever enter into the heart of man to conceive the glory that will be always in reserve for him. The soul, considered with its Creator, is like one of those mathematical lines ' that may draw nearer to another for all eternity without a possibility of touching it : and can there be a thought so transporting, as to consider ourselves in these perpetual approaches to him, who is not only the standard of perfection but of happiness ! ADDISON.
Page 37 - That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables ; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Page 37 - And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
Page 199 - Is not this the carpenter's son ? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
Page 36 - And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judea a certain prophet, named Agabus. 11 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
Page 74 - ... how high soever the station is of which he stands possessed at present, the inferior nature will, at length, mount up to it, and shine forth in the same degree of glory. 12. With what astonishment and veneration, may we look into our own souls, where there are such hidden stores of virtue and knowledge, such inexhausted sources...