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... it is impossible ever to be a true philosopher , or a real christian , I mean that of
suspending our judgment on subjects not sufficiently proved : from all this arise
clouds , that render the truth inaccessible , and which the world cannot dissipate .
... it is impossible ever to be a true philosopher , or a real christian , I mean that of
suspending our judgment on subjects not sufficiently proved : from all this arise
clouds , that render the truth inaccessible , and which the world cannot dissipate .
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any proofd udgment wage the likes quences to direct their actions : ' and the
second to such as refer it to its true design . First . I address myself to you who do
not draw any consequences from this discourse to regulate your actions . You
have ...
any proofd udgment wage the likes quences to direct their actions : ' and the
second to such as refer it to its true design . First . I address myself to you who do
not draw any consequences from this discourse to regulate your actions . You
have ...
Page 59
Is it not true , that , even while you are gratifying your own passions , you cannot
help admiring such as subdue theirs ? Is it not true , that , except on some
occasions , in which you want , and therefore seek accomplices in sin , THE ...
Is it not true , that , even while you are gratifying your own passions , you cannot
help admiring such as subdue theirs ? Is it not true , that , except on some
occasions , in which you want , and therefore seek accomplices in sin , THE ...
Page 97
You may find some interpreters ready to excommunicate one another on account
of this question , and to accuse their antagonists of subverting all their
foundations of true religion . There have been times ( and may such times never
return ) I ...
You may find some interpreters ready to excommunicate one another on account
of this question , and to accuse their antagonists of subverting all their
foundations of true religion . There have been times ( and may such times never
return ) I ...
Page 109
... glory from self , to make fortune , victory , providence , and deity itself yield to
human will , these are pretensions , which have I know not what in them to flatter
that foolish pride , which an erroneous mind confounds with true magnanimity .
... glory from self , to make fortune , victory , providence , and deity itself yield to
human will , these are pretensions , which have I know not what in them to flatter
that foolish pride , which an erroneous mind confounds with true magnanimity .
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| Title | Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin ..., Volume 5 Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin, Joseph Sutcliffe |
| Authors | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson |
| Publisher | L. Nichols, 1806 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 22 Aug 2008 |
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