THE MONTHLY REVIEW, OR, LITERARY JOUNRAL1755 |
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... doctrine , but were confidered in a higher rank of authority , as being of a divine original , and composed under an infal- • lible direction , and were in this character diftinguished from mere human productions .'- In order to prove ...
... doctrine , but were confidered in a higher rank of authority , as being of a divine original , and composed under an infal- • lible direction , and were in this character diftinguished from mere human productions .'- In order to prove ...
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... doctrine , as to leave no reason to fufpect the truth of their teftimony . For , as Mr. Cockburne obferves , • it is scarce possible , that four writers of an hiftory fo much , • diverfified , containing so many facts , with a variety ...
... doctrine , as to leave no reason to fufpect the truth of their teftimony . For , as Mr. Cockburne obferves , • it is scarce possible , that four writers of an hiftory fo much , • diverfified , containing so many facts , with a variety ...
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... doctrines of devils , forbidding to marry , and commanding to ab- stain from meats which God had created to be received with thanksgiving : all which were remarkably fulfilled . - In the 6th chapter he proves ; that the books of the New ...
... doctrines of devils , forbidding to marry , and commanding to ab- stain from meats which God had created to be received with thanksgiving : all which were remarkably fulfilled . - In the 6th chapter he proves ; that the books of the New ...
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... doctrine into the Christian religion about the deity ' of Christ . 6 After producing several arguments in support of the inspira- tion of the evangelifts , our author confiders the morality of their character ; and observes , that if we ...
... doctrine into the Christian religion about the deity ' of Christ . 6 After producing several arguments in support of the inspira- tion of the evangelifts , our author confiders the morality of their character ; and observes , that if we ...
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... doctrines are illustrated by the following story , under the title of a Perfian Anecdote . Among the dancers of the palace , in the reign of Abbas the great , king of Perfia , there was a young maid , named Idris , whom the master of ...
... doctrines are illustrated by the following story , under the title of a Perfian Anecdote . Among the dancers of the palace , in the reign of Abbas the great , king of Perfia , there was a young maid , named Idris , whom the master of ...
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abuſe almoſt alſo anſwer antient becauſe berith beſt cafes caſes cauſe character Chriftianity Christ cloſe confiderable confidered conſequence defire deſign diſcourſe diſcovered divine doctrine Don Quixote epiſtle eſpecially eſtabliſhed facrifice faid fame fays fins firſt fome foon foul fuch give goſpel happineſs hath himſelf hiſtory honour increaſe inſtances inſtruction intereſt itſelf juſt juſtly knowlege laſt leaſt leſs letter mankind manner maſter meaſure moral moſt muſt nature neceſſary obſerves occafion ourſelves paſſages perſon pleaſed pleaſure preſent preſerve propoſed publiſhed purpoſe queſtions raiſe readers reaſon religion reſpect ſaid ſame ſays ſcheme ſcripture ſecond ſection ſeems ſenſe ſenſible ſentiments ſerve ſervice ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhort ſhould ſkin ſmall ſociety ſome ſometimes ſpeak ſpirit ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtudy ſubject ſuch ſufficient ſupport ſuppoſe ſyſtem taſte themſelves theſe things thoſe tion tranflation truth univerſal uſe verſe virtue whoſe words writers
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Page 361 - Transubstantiation (or the change of the substance of bread and wine) in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by holy writ ; but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions.
Page 412 - And he went out and followed him ; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.
Page 361 - For the sacramental bread and wine remain still in their very natural substances, and therefore may not be adored (for that were idolatry, to be abhorred of all faithful Christians...
Page 361 - We are not worthy fo much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table. But Thou art the fame Lord, whofe property is always to have mercy: Grant us therefore gracious Lord fo to eat the Flefh of thy dear Son Jefus Chrift, and to drink his Blood, that our finful bodies may be made clean by his Body, and our fouls wafhed through his moft precious Blood, and that we may evermore dwell in Him, and He in us. Amen.
Page 74 - ... upon it at great length and with the greatest strength of argument and earnestness of persuasion: and he had such success on this important point, that few, if any, of his pupils, whatever contrary prejudices they might bring along with them, ever left him without favourable notions of that side of the question which he espoused and...
Page 44 - Whale, who is viviparous ; and by the largest land animals, of which the elephant is said to go near two years with young, all induce us to conclude, from analogy, that this creature is not numerous; which coincides with a...
Page 262 - Remember, O my friends, the laws, the rights, The generous plan of power deliver'd down, From age to age, by your renown'd forefathers, (So dearly bought, the price of so much blood) O let it never perish in your hands ! But piously transmit it to your children.
Page 484 - ... of God ! or could I change the scene, and unbar the iron gates of hell, and carry you, through solid darkness, to ' the fire that never goes out...
Page 35 - ... seasons of the year, by two in the morning. How conscientious he was in the discharge of the public parts of his office, we have many examples. No man could persuade more forcibly ; no man could exert, on proper occasions, a more commanding severity. The wicked, in whatever station, he rebuked with censorian dignity ; and awed vice more than the penal laws.
Page 356 - He was a lover of company, and a man of much humour and * pleafantry, exceeding facetious and of vaft natural parts. He had no letters, he could only read and write, but had a great regard for learning, and was at much pains to introduce it into the country. He rofe early: the morning he gave to bufinefs, till ten or eleven o'clock at fartheft; all the reft of the day, and a' great part of the night to diverfipn and pleafure.