Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity, Before the Lowell Institute, January, 1844T.R. Marvin, 1846 - 383 pages |
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... called to act upon any con- viction , who does not feel his self - respect increased , and his peace of mind enhanced , and his strength for action augmented , when he has a clear perception of the ground of the conviction upon which he ...
... called to act upon any con- viction , who does not feel his self - respect increased , and his peace of mind enhanced , and his strength for action augmented , when he has a clear perception of the ground of the conviction upon which he ...
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... called probable evidence , as opposed to demon- strative . Is , then , mathematical evidence a better ground of certainty than moral evidence ? On this point , and also respecting the subjects to which mathe- matical evidence can ...
... called probable evidence , as opposed to demon- strative . Is , then , mathematical evidence a better ground of certainty than moral evidence ? On this point , and also respecting the subjects to which mathe- matical evidence can ...
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... called moral or probable evidence . Nay , I go farther , and assert that the certainty of the connection between the supposition or hypothesis and the conclusion- that is , of that kind of hypothet- ical truth which alone can be ...
... called moral or probable evidence . Nay , I go farther , and assert that the certainty of the connection between the supposition or hypothesis and the conclusion- that is , of that kind of hypothet- ical truth which alone can be ...
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... six . The first is that which is now commonly called Reason , in man , or by some the Reason , by which he perceives directly , intuitively , necessarily , and believes , with a conviction from which he cannot free himself , 26 LECTURE I.
... six . The first is that which is now commonly called Reason , in man , or by some the Reason , by which he perceives directly , intuitively , necessarily , and believes , with a conviction from which he cannot free himself , 26 LECTURE I.
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... called , or deduction , are conditioned . It is by this that we believe in our own existence and personal identity , and in the maxim that every event must have an adequate cause . This belongs equally to all men , and , within its own ...
... called , or deduction , are conditioned . It is by this that we believe in our own existence and personal identity , and in the maxim that every event must have an adequate cause . This belongs equally to all men , and , within its own ...
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Page 267 - But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him; that the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report ? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed...
Page 277 - Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
Page 130 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys : I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Page 56 - If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 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 247 - Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?
Page 267 - For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
Page 267 - All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
Page 102 - God shall judge the righteous and the wicked : for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
Page 267 - And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks : nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more...
Page 262 - Then he said unto them ; O fools and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken ! Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory ? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.