The Consistency of the Whole Scheme of Revelation with Itself and with Human ReasonJ. & J. Harper, 1832 - 267 pages |
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... possible modification of religion whatever . There is certainly much confusion of idea dis- played in the mode by which skeptics for the most part make their assaults upon the credibility of revelation . Of the arguments alleged by them ...
... possible modification of religion whatever . There is certainly much confusion of idea dis- played in the mode by which skeptics for the most part make their assaults upon the credibility of revelation . Of the arguments alleged by them ...
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... possible , the habit of looking upon the subject- matter of our religious belief as an entire and con- nected whole ; and of considering no one propo- sition which it seems to involve as altogether in- admissible until we have ...
... possible , the habit of looking upon the subject- matter of our religious belief as an entire and con- nected whole ; and of considering no one propo- sition which it seems to involve as altogether in- admissible until we have ...
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... possible theological theory , and the less we are in consequence disposed to be offended with what we find to be rather the result of an incurable defect in our own intellectual apprehen- sions than a substantial refutation of our ...
... possible theological theory , and the less we are in consequence disposed to be offended with what we find to be rather the result of an incurable defect in our own intellectual apprehen- sions than a substantial refutation of our ...
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... possible aspect ; of ascertaining its real and most prominent wants , and of determining which of the many theories offered to its choice , most satis- factorily accounts for the numerous perplexing cir- cumstances which the most ...
... possible aspect ; of ascertaining its real and most prominent wants , and of determining which of the many theories offered to its choice , most satis- factorily accounts for the numerous perplexing cir- cumstances which the most ...
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... possible attempt at explication is found , upon examin- ation , either to mis - state the primary truths of the con- stitution of nature , or to fail in accounting for any of its startling anomalies , the probability thus assumed will ...
... possible attempt at explication is found , upon examin- ation , either to mis - state the primary truths of the con- stitution of nature , or to fail in accounting for any of its startling anomalies , the probability thus assumed will ...
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Page 124 - A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name.
Page 89 - And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day...
Page 142 - Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: he shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best : thou shalt not oppress him.
Page 89 - Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves ; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female...
Page 60 - And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil ; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree -of life, and eat, and live for ever...
Page 153 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Page 91 - Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates: at his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee.
Page 141 - And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish ; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. 27 And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
Page 91 - ... When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
Page 244 - They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.