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... eternal gulf . Between the two rival churches , then , there is an accordance in these two ideas ; that infallibility resides in the Scriptures ; and that an assent to their teachings is necessary to the immortal life in heaven . Here ...
... eternal gulf . Between the two rival churches , then , there is an accordance in these two ideas ; that infallibility resides in the Scriptures ; and that an assent to their teachings is necessary to the immortal life in heaven . Here ...
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... ETERNAL POWER AND DEITY . RELIGION is the name of those ideas and feelings which the human being entertains with respect to invisible and superior natures ; and consists essentially in the conception of intelli- gent mind , presiding ...
... ETERNAL POWER AND DEITY . RELIGION is the name of those ideas and feelings which the human being entertains with respect to invisible and superior natures ; and consists essentially in the conception of intelli- gent mind , presiding ...
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... eternal life , and transfers the destination of the possessor from hell to heaven . No relation of cause and effect can be discovered between the condition and the consequence , the faith and the reward . Why the sanguinary sacrifice is ...
... eternal life , and transfers the destination of the possessor from hell to heaven . No relation of cause and effect can be discovered between the condition and the consequence , the faith and the reward . Why the sanguinary sacrifice is ...
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... eternal as the heavens . In this view , religion is simply a part of the development of our mental and moral nature , the last and noblest exercise of reason , and love , and conscience . It is conducive and essential to our happiness ...
... eternal as the heavens . In this view , religion is simply a part of the development of our mental and moral nature , the last and noblest exercise of reason , and love , and conscience . It is conducive and essential to our happiness ...
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... eternal happiness on his belief of a sacrifice for sin , which , according to the un- perverted moral feelings of nine people out of ten , would itself be the most gigantic of all sins , no evidence that can be con- ceived , far less ...
... eternal happiness on his belief of a sacrifice for sin , which , according to the un- perverted moral feelings of nine people out of ten , would itself be the most gigantic of all sins , no evidence that can be con- ceived , far less ...
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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...