Letters to a Young Lady: In which the Duties and Character of Women are Considered, Chiefly with a Reference to Prevailing Opinions, Volume 2 |
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... diftinguishing banner . A more limited ( and we must add indistinct ) idea of predeftination is entertained by many who , in the prefent times , VOL . II . B upon times , affume the title of moderate Cal- vinifts LETTERS, ...
... diftinguishing banner . A more limited ( and we must add indistinct ) idea of predeftination is entertained by many who , in the prefent times , VOL . II . B upon times , affume the title of moderate Cal- vinifts LETTERS, ...
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... limited faculties , and are too apt to discard every tenet of revelation that cannot be lowered to the grasp of our fcanty intellect , or which can in any way be fuppofed to contradict the discoveries of science . While the Calvinifts ...
... limited faculties , and are too apt to discard every tenet of revelation that cannot be lowered to the grasp of our fcanty intellect , or which can in any way be fuppofed to contradict the discoveries of science . While the Calvinifts ...
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... because our faculties are too limited to give us a juft , and adequate idea , either of his attributes , or of the laws of that invi 1 fible state in which he is more confpicu- oufly fible 120 fhould offer the heir of his throne as a ...
... because our faculties are too limited to give us a juft , and adequate idea , either of his attributes , or of the laws of that invi 1 fible state in which he is more confpicu- oufly fible 120 fhould offer the heir of his throne as a ...
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... , as defcribed by his word and his works , opens a very co- pious field for obfervation , upon which we will presently touch , though my know- VOL . II . G knowledge of natural philosophy and fcience is too limited to 121.
... , as defcribed by his word and his works , opens a very co- pious field for obfervation , upon which we will presently touch , though my know- VOL . II . G knowledge of natural philosophy and fcience is too limited to 121.
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... limited to enable me to do it the justice that I wish . But let us first pursue our observations on the objections that are raifed to these two momentous points , the redemption of the world , and the pleurality of perfons in the ...
... limited to enable me to do it the justice that I wish . But let us first pursue our observations on the objections that are raifed to these two momentous points , the redemption of the world , and the pleurality of perfons in the ...
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Page 248 - The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered, according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 131 - THE grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the love of God, and the fellowfhip of the Holy Ghoft, be, with us all evermore.
Page 145 - I know there is no other name under heaven by which men can be saved.
Page 243 - Whofo eateth my flefh, and drinketh my blood, . hath eternal life, and I will raife him up at the laft day.
Page 303 - that *' there is a time to weep as well as a " time to laugh, a time to dance, and a *
Page 242 - ... 64 But there are fome of you that believe not. For Jefus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who fhould betray him.
Page 182 - ... which eye hath not feen, ear hath not heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 351 - Arabs, like other Orientals, hold that, in such matters, man is saved, not by faith, but by want of faith. They have also a saying not unlike ours— " She partly is to blame who has been tried, He comes too near who comes to be denied.
Page 271 - if any provide not for his own, <£ and efpecially for thofe of his own " houfe, he hath denied the faith, and is