The Evidences of the Christian Religion: To which are Added Several Discourses Against Atheism and Infidelity, and in Defence of the Christian RevelationClarendon Press, 1801 - 354 pages |
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To which are Added Several Discourses Against Atheism and Infidelity, and in Defence of the Christian Revelation Joseph Addison. ANA PREFACE . THE character of Mr. ADDISON and his Writings.
To which are Added Several Discourses Against Atheism and Infidelity, and in Defence of the Christian Revelation Joseph Addison. ANA PREFACE . THE character of Mr. ADDISON and his Writings.
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... Writings , for Juftness of Thought , Strength of Reasoning , and Purity of Style , is too well esta- blished to need a recommendation ; but their greatest ornament , and that which gives a luftre to all the reft , is his appearing ...
... Writings , for Juftness of Thought , Strength of Reasoning , and Purity of Style , is too well esta- blished to need a recommendation ; but their greatest ornament , and that which gives a luftre to all the reft , is his appearing ...
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... writings upon us may ferve to countenance ' either truth or falfehood . ' His zeal to propagate Chriftianity in the world appears by many and large benefactions to that end , which are enumerated in his Funeral Ser- mon . He was at the ...
... writings upon us may ferve to countenance ' either truth or falfehood . ' His zeal to propagate Chriftianity in the world appears by many and large benefactions to that end , which are enumerated in his Funeral Ser- mon . He was at the ...
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... Writings , Swherein God has revealed it from 6 Heaven , and proposed it to the Aworld ; fecking our Religion where 6 ware ofure it is in truth to be found , comparing spiritual things withdfpiritual . And , in a Letter written , the ...
... Writings , Swherein God has revealed it from 6 Heaven , and proposed it to the Aworld ; fecking our Religion where 6 ware ofure it is in truth to be found , comparing spiritual things withdfpiritual . And , in a Letter written , the ...
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... of his reasonings and infer- If ences is the only fafe guide for the fright understanding of him , under 10 - 2 唁 u Comment . p . 16 . b 3 • the thesSpirit of God , that directed thefe Sacred Writings.gnitiftur And PREFACE . xxi.
... of his reasonings and infer- If ences is the only fafe guide for the fright understanding of him , under 10 - 2 唁 u Comment . p . 16 . b 3 • the thesSpirit of God , that directed thefe Sacred Writings.gnitiftur And PREFACE . xxi.
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Page 98 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 231 - And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures?
Page 96 - We shall therefore utterly extinguish this melancholy thought, of our being overlooked by our Maker in the multiplicity of his works...
Page 137 - Such a nation might truly say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister.
Page 93 - The chasm would be imperceptible to an eye that could take in the whole compass of nature, and pass from one end of the creation to the other...
Page 294 - I have set the Lord always before me : Because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: My flesh also shall rest in hope.
Page xvii - ... there were between God and our Saviour, in reference to his kingdom. We know not what need there was to set up a head and a chieftain, in opposition to " the prince of this world, the prince of the power of the air,
Page 252 - Their sound is gone out into all lands : and their words into the ends of the world. 5 In them hath he set a tabernacle for...
Page 115 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell ; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Page 137 - THOSE who were skilful in anatomy, among the ancients, concluded, from the outward and inward make of an human body, that it was the work of a Being transcendently wise and powerful. As the world grew more enlightened in this art, their discoveries gave them fresh opportunities of admiring the conduct of Providence in the formation of a human body.