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... DIFFICULTIES . Difficulties to be. III . The intelligent first cause , already demonstrated , is the agent in whom the attributes may reside , and to whom all the phenomena must be traced , Summary of the argument , SECT . V ...
... DIFFICULTIES . Difficulties to be. III . The intelligent first cause , already demonstrated , is the agent in whom the attributes may reside , and to whom all the phenomena must be traced , Summary of the argument , SECT . V ...
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PART II . SOLUTION OF DIFFICULTIES . Difficulties to be expected , Cannot subvert positive Evidence , Principal Occasions of Doubt , Page 117 118 ib . SECT 1.- OBJECTIONS FOUNDED ON THE IDEA OF ORIGINAL IMPERFECTION . I. Figure of the ...
PART II . SOLUTION OF DIFFICULTIES . Difficulties to be expected , Cannot subvert positive Evidence , Principal Occasions of Doubt , Page 117 118 ib . SECT 1.- OBJECTIONS FOUNDED ON THE IDEA OF ORIGINAL IMPERFECTION . I. Figure of the ...
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... DIFFICULTIES , ESPECIALLY IN REFERENCE TO PROVIDENCE . BY ALEXANDER DUNCAN , MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL , MID - CALDER . Πατηρ των φωτων , μονος σοφος , παντοκρατώ2 EDINBURGH : THOMAS AFFLECK ; WAUGH AND INNES ; AND THOMAS IRELAND , JUNIOR ...
... DIFFICULTIES , ESPECIALLY IN REFERENCE TO PROVIDENCE . BY ALEXANDER DUNCAN , MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL , MID - CALDER . Πατηρ των φωτων , μονος σοφος , παντοκρατώ2 EDINBURGH : THOMAS AFFLECK ; WAUGH AND INNES ; AND THOMAS IRELAND , JUNIOR ...
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... difficulties , than either of the prize Essays above referred to , particularly on the subject of the Origin and Permanent Existence of Moral Evil , to which as the main difficulty his attention was chiefly directed . As for the ...
... difficulties , than either of the prize Essays above referred to , particularly on the subject of the Origin and Permanent Existence of Moral Evil , to which as the main difficulty his attention was chiefly directed . As for the ...
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... difficulties , —which may be useful to any reader , though completely established in the faith of Christi anity . The sphere of metaphysical argument , how . ever , ( which is not precisely what is styled reasoning a priori , but ...
... difficulties , —which may be useful to any reader , though completely established in the faith of Christi anity . The sphere of metaphysical argument , how . ever , ( which is not precisely what is styled reasoning a priori , but ...
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Page 376 - And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation ; and not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
Page 376 - Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
Page 127 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? Or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Page 364 - For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son ; that all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father.
Page 363 - Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven ; which things the angels desire to look into.
Page 461 - The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, Where their voice is not heard.
Page 416 - It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Page 229 - Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes ; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Page 256 - Or, perhaps, divine goodness, with which, if I mistake not, we make very free in our speculations, may not be a bare single disposition to produce happiness ; but a disposition to make the good, the faithful, the honest man, happy.
Page 262 - Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.