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 | William Paley - Apologetics - 1800 - 446 pages
...great points, for fuitablenefs to every condition, for fufficiency, for concifenefs vyithout obfcurity, for the weight and real importance of its petitions, is without an equal or a rival. From whence did thefe come ? Whence had this man this wifdom ? Was our Savi- , pur, in fact, a well-inftructed... | |
 | 1804 - 824 pages
...Rivington's. 1303. IT is justly observed by Dr. Paley, in his View of the Evidences of Christianity, that " the Lord's Prayer, for a succession of solemn thoughts;...attention upon a few great points; for suitableness-!/) every condition; for sufficiency; for conciseness without obscurity ; for the weight and real importance... | |
 | John Evans - English prose literature - 1807 - 318 pages
...best productions of human genins, is the fruit only of a much exercised, and well cultivated jndgment. The ' Lord's Prayer/ for a succession of solemn thoughts,...attention upon a few great points, for suitableness for every condition, for sufficiency, for conciseness without obscurity, for the weight and real importance... | |
 | William Paley, William Hamilton Reid - Theology - 1810 - 350 pages
...religion, we ask for that which in its nature is very good, and which without our great fault will be good. The Lord's prayer, for a succession of solemn thoughts,...importance of its petitions? is without an equal or rival. M Prayer, Repetitions in. The spirit of devotion reconciles us to repetitions. In other subjects,... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1810 - 436 pages
...best productions of human genius, is the fruit only of a much exercised and well cultivated judgment. The Lord's Prayer, for a succession of solemn thoughts,...every condition, for sufficiency, for conciseness * Some appear to require in a religious system, or in the books which profess to deliver that system,... | |
 | William Paley - 1811 - 416 pages
...productions of human • genius, is the fruit only of a much-exercised, and well-cultivated judgement. The Lord's Prayer, for a succession of solemn thoughts,...suitableness to every condition, for sufficiency, forconr ciseness without obscurity, for the weight and real importance of its petitions, is without... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1823 - 396 pages
...human genius, is the fruit only of a much exercised and well cultivated judgment. The Lora's Priiyer, for a succession of solemn thoughts, for fixing the...of its petitions, is without an equal or a rival. From whence did these come ? Whence had this man his wisdom ? Was our Saviour, in fact, a well -instructed... | |
 | William Paley - Apologetics - 1824 - 426 pages
...cultivated judgment. The Lord's Prayer, for a succession of solemft: thoughts, for fixing the atlention upon a few great points, for suitableness to every...of its petitions, is without an equal or a rival. From whence did these come ? Whence had this man his wisdom ? Was our Saviour, in fact, a well* Some... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1825 - 454 pages
...best productions of human genius, is the fruit only of a much exercised and well cultivated judgment. The Lord's Prayer, for a succession of solemn thoughts,...of its petitions, is without an equal or a rival. From whence did these come ? Whence had this man his wisdom ? Was our Saviour, in fact, a wellinstructed... | |
 | Apologetics - 1826 - 274 pages
....'• Q. What may be observed of the Lord's Prayer ? • • •• .• / A. For a succession b£ solemn thoughts, for fixing the attention upon a few...for the weight and real importance of its petitions, it is without a rival. Q. What are we hence induced to ask ? A-. Whence had this man his wisdom.? Was... | |
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