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... arguments which he perceived to be un- sound , the duty would have been imperative , and the difficulty trivial , of recanting the opinions and refuting the arguments . But to render the volume an expression of his present modes of ...
... arguments which he perceived to be un- sound , the duty would have been imperative , and the difficulty trivial , of recanting the opinions and refuting the arguments . But to render the volume an expression of his present modes of ...
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... arguments . Whoever sees in Christ , not an original source of truth and goodness , but only a product of something else , is destitute of the attitude of mind constituting religious discipleship ; which implies , not that we have been ...
... arguments . Whoever sees in Christ , not an original source of truth and goodness , but only a product of something else , is destitute of the attitude of mind constituting religious discipleship ; which implies , not that we have been ...
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... argument , and you have the reasoning of the Infinite intellect ; —an expression of expectation , and you have a ... arguments , is as presumptuous and absurd as to question their accuracy , and discover in them traces of erroneous ...
... argument , and you have the reasoning of the Infinite intellect ; —an expression of expectation , and you have a ... arguments , is as presumptuous and absurd as to question their accuracy , and discover in them traces of erroneous ...
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... arguments which are employed against its rites remind us of the mighty part which it has played on the theatre of the world . For when we say that the ceremonies of its worship , the decorations of its altars , and the evolu- tions of ...
... arguments which are employed against its rites remind us of the mighty part which it has played on the theatre of the world . For when we say that the ceremonies of its worship , the decorations of its altars , and the evolu- tions of ...
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... argument from scripture . The very use of the inspired authority of which we are in quest is , to pro- nounce upon the truth and value of tradition ; so that this reasoning proposes to prove infallibility by tradition , and tradi- tion ...
... argument from scripture . The very use of the inspired authority of which we are in quest is , to pro- nounce upon the truth and value of tradition ; so that this reasoning proposes to prove infallibility by tradition , and tradi- tion ...
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Page 124 - I know my course. The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, — As he is very potent with such spirits, — Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: — the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Page 128 - And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them...
Page 31 - We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts : knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
Page 152 - He who begins by loving Christianity better than Truth, will proceed by loving his own sect or Church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.
Page 160 - This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of his dominion he is wont to be called Lord God...
Page 28 - Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed this unto thee, but my Father, which is in heaven...