Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its Author ; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter. The Evidences of the Christian Religion - Page xviiby Joseph Addison - 1753 - 330 pagesFull view - About this book
| 492 pages
..." " It is " said the profound Locke, " all pure, all sin" cere, nothing too much, nothing wanting. Therein " are contained the words of eternal life....Truth, " without any mixture of error, for its matter." " Young man, " said the learned Dr. Johnson, in his last illness, to a gentleman who sate by his bedside,... | |
| 1820 - 748 pages
...highly." " It is (said the profound Locke) all pure, all sincere, nothing too much, nothing wanting. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It...truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter." " Young man, (said the learned Dr. Johnson, in his last illness, to a gentleman who sate by his bed... | |
| Richard Watson - 1820 - 490 pages
...doctrines of the Christian religion. — «' Study the holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament : therein are contained the words of eternal life. It...truth without any mixture of error for its matter*." I am, &c. » Locke's Posth. Works. AN APOLOGY , TOR THE BIBLE, IN A SERIES OF LETTERS, ADDRESSED TO... | |
| Charles Stokes Dudley - 1821 - 620 pages
...times as these that their value is felt and their application demanded. 3. " The Bible," says Locke, " has GOD for its author; salvation for its end ; and...truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter." The interest excited by a desire to possess it, or to assist in its universal diffusion, is as much... | |
| Birmingham sacellum Erdingtoniense - 1821 - 644 pages
...himself, and can only be obtained by an absolute submission of the understanding to that word which hath "God for its author, Salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture of error for its matter ;" and which teaches us " this is life eternal, that they might know thee, the only true God, and Jesus... | |
| John Wesley, George Story - 1806
...to you with the infpired volume irt their hand, with the Bible, which has " God for its Author,— r Salvation for its end, — and Truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter."* God's ambafTadors, negociating. his affairs, maintaining his intcrefts among men, what but his revealed... | |
| 1840 - 520 pages
...esteem it too highly." 4. JOHN LOCKE. " Study the holy Scriptures ; especially the New Testament : therein are contained the words of eternal life. It...truth without any mixture of error for its matter." 5. JOHN MILTON. "There are no songs comparable to the songs of Zion; no orations equal to those of... | |
| 1822 - 666 pages
...reference to the New Testament, which will apply with equal propriety to the whole canon of scripture — "It has God for its author ; salvation for its end...truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter." CHRISTIANS, would a Turk or aBracbman thus treat his Koran or his S/taster? 3. Is it not degrading... | |
| James Heaton - 1822 - 286 pages
...frequently asserted, proved, and exemplified, as tlie subject of spiritual agency is, in that book which has " God for its Author, Salvation for its end, and...Truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter," cannot be destitute of utility and interest to men. But however important a knowledge of the reality... | |
| Henry Matthews - 1822 - 328 pages
...Rome — but as it is written and recorded in that sacred volume — which, in the words of Locke, has "God for its author, salvation for its end, and...truth without any mixture of error for its matter." 25th. Christinas day. A grand ceremony in the church of S. Maria Maggwre; — where mass was performed... | |
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