A Vindication of Certain Passages in a Discourse: On ... the Death of Dr. Priestley; and a Defence of Dr. Priestley's Character and Writings, in Reply to the Animadversions of ... John Pye Smith ... |
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... objection of little weight . Nothing is more common than for men , in other respects emi- nently learned and wise , to entertain theological opinions , the most extravagant and absurd . Pascal , and Fenelon , were greatly distinguished ...
... objection of little weight . Nothing is more common than for men , in other respects emi- nently learned and wise , to entertain theological opinions , the most extravagant and absurd . Pascal , and Fenelon , were greatly distinguished ...
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... objection to it , for I have no quarrel with St. James . 1 " Unitarians with all their boast , & c . have done NOTHING , " NOTHING AT ALL . " Letters , p . 75 . + Letters , p . 61 . † Acts xxvi . 11 .. § Acts ix . 1 . || Gal . ii . 11 ...
... objection to it , for I have no quarrel with St. James . 1 " Unitarians with all their boast , & c . have done NOTHING , " NOTHING AT ALL . " Letters , p . 75 . + Letters , p . 61 . † Acts xxvi . 11 .. § Acts ix . 1 . || Gal . ii . 11 ...
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... objection can be alleged , but that which arises from the puerile and unphilo- sophical conceit , that heaven is some splendid place beyond the skies , where God has a throne , and where Jesus stands at his right hand : a notion too ...
... objection can be alleged , but that which arises from the puerile and unphilo- sophical conceit , that heaven is some splendid place beyond the skies , where God has a throne , and where Jesus stands at his right hand : a notion too ...
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... , + Archdeacon of St. Albans ' Remarks upon Dr. P. p . 26 , To preclude objections , I have given Dr. Horsley's translation of the passage from Origen . adhered adhered to the Mosaic law , Celsus's Jew would have 38 LETTER III .
... , + Archdeacon of St. Albans ' Remarks upon Dr. P. p . 26 , To preclude objections , I have given Dr. Horsley's translation of the passage from Origen . adhered adhered to the Mosaic law , Celsus's Jew would have 38 LETTER III .
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... objections of " the heathen , they say , not what they think , " but what the case requires . " Now , it is a possible case that this holy father , who avows and justifies the pious practice of lying for the truth , might think that his ...
... objections of " the heathen , they say , not what they think , " but what the case requires . " Now , it is a possible case that this holy father , who avows and justifies the pious practice of lying for the truth , might think that his ...
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Page 53 - Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know...
Page 8 - All mankind, by their fall, lost communion with God, are under his wrath and curse, and so made liable. to all the miseries in this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell forever.
Page 8 - The sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell, consists in the guilt of Adam's first sin, the want of original righteousness, and the corruption of his whole nature, which is commonly called Original Sin; together with all actual transgressions which proceed from it.
Page 67 - And in this Trinity none is afore or after other, none is greater or less than another; but the whole three persons are co-eternal together, and co-equal.
Page 7 - The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself, but for his posterity, all mankind descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him in his first transgression.
Page 9 - God, having out of his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life, did enter into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer.
Page 9 - God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.
Page 7 - The decrees of God are his eternal purpose according to the counsel of his will, whereby, for his own glory, he hath fore-ordained whatsoever comes to pass.