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... language , as could not have been made without destroying the identity of the book . Other occasions either have arisen , or may arise , for supplying what is most defective , and limiting what is too absolute , here . Every one whose ...
... language , as could not have been made without destroying the identity of the book . Other occasions either have arisen , or may arise , for supplying what is most defective , and limiting what is too absolute , here . Every one whose ...
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... language , as well as the mechanical process of writing , that their ideas were rendered infallibly correct , and the natural causes of error altogether excluded . This being the case , to penetrate to the ideas of the authors is in all ...
... language , as well as the mechanical process of writing , that their ideas were rendered infallibly correct , and the natural causes of error altogether excluded . This being the case , to penetrate to the ideas of the authors is in all ...
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... language which could be read only by the initiated eye ? Long and far was this Church the sole vehicle of Christianity , that bare it on over the storms of ages , and sheltered it amid the clash of nations . It evangelized the ...
... language which could be read only by the initiated eye ? Long and far was this Church the sole vehicle of Christianity , that bare it on over the storms of ages , and sheltered it amid the clash of nations . It evangelized the ...
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... language , and talk of the submission of our belief , we employ a metaphor which is deceptive and mischievous . Belief cannot subunit ; belief is an act of the understanding , submission an act of the will ; belief is per- fectly ...
... language , and talk of the submission of our belief , we employ a metaphor which is deceptive and mischievous . Belief cannot subunit ; belief is an act of the understanding , submission an act of the will ; belief is per- fectly ...
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... language which is open to misconception , and may excite in us notions different from those that dwelt in the apostolic mind . The inspiration is real , but out of reach ; the truth is there , but it is veiled ; the oracle speaks , but ...
... language which is open to misconception , and may excite in us notions different from those that dwelt in the apostolic mind . The inspiration is real , but out of reach ; the truth is there , but it is veiled ; the oracle speaks , but ...
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The Rationale of Religious Enquiry, Or the Question Stated of Reason, the ... James Martineau No preview available - 2017 |
RATIONALE OF RELIGIOUS ENQUIRY James 1805-1900 Martineau,Joseph Blanco 1775-1841 White No preview available - 2016 |
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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...