General View of the Doctrines of Christianity: Designed More Especially for the Edification and Instruction of FamiliesHastings, Etheridge & Bliss, no. 8, State-Street; and at their store in Charlestown, 1809 - Christianity - 200 pages |
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... doubt , because it is an assent of the mind to things we do not certainly know ; for if we knew them there would be an end of faith ; as the apostle argues , What a man seeth why doth he yet hope for ? 2. Faith then is an assent of the ...
... doubt , because it is an assent of the mind to things we do not certainly know ; for if we knew them there would be an end of faith ; as the apostle argues , What a man seeth why doth he yet hope for ? 2. Faith then is an assent of the ...
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... doubt that two and two make four . Our assent therefore to that proposition is firm and immoveable .... a certainty or knowledge which ex- cludes doubt . There are other prepositions however , of which the evidence is not so clear and ...
... doubt that two and two make four . Our assent therefore to that proposition is firm and immoveable .... a certainty or knowledge which ex- cludes doubt . There are other prepositions however , of which the evidence is not so clear and ...
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... doubt , yet they afford a just claim to assent , and constitute a right principle of action . 7. Of this kind is the truth of revelation . It is not a demonstrative , but it is a moral certainty ; a cer- tainty arising from many ...
... doubt , yet they afford a just claim to assent , and constitute a right principle of action . 7. Of this kind is the truth of revelation . It is not a demonstrative , but it is a moral certainty ; a cer- tainty arising from many ...
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... doubts by seeing the print of the nails in his hands , nor the mark of the spear in his side ; yet the fact itself was so well attested at the time ; the weight of evidence in its favour is so strong and consistent ; it was maintained ...
... doubts by seeing the print of the nails in his hands , nor the mark of the spear in his side ; yet the fact itself was so well attested at the time ; the weight of evidence in its favour is so strong and consistent ; it was maintained ...
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... doubt from the heart , is still so clear and convincing , that not diligently to seek to obtain that interest of which it demonstrates the reality , would be called a folly approaching to madness in the ordinary concerns of life ; it ...
... doubt from the heart , is still so clear and convincing , that not diligently to seek to obtain that interest of which it demonstrates the reality , would be called a folly approaching to madness in the ordinary concerns of life ; it ...
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