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The force of the argument , therefore , depends , not so much on the niceties of
criticism and the belief of others , as on the plain unsophisticated meaning of their
current language . What effect that language has produced upon the sentiments ...
The force of the argument , therefore , depends , not so much on the niceties of
criticism and the belief of others , as on the plain unsophisticated meaning of their
current language . What effect that language has produced upon the sentiments ...
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1 Whether St . Paul includes any part of the New Testament depends , in some
measure , on the age of Timothy , and on the time in which the respective
Gospels and Epistles were written : or whether , as the construction of the
passage seems ...
1 Whether St . Paul includes any part of the New Testament depends , in some
measure , on the age of Timothy , and on the time in which the respective
Gospels and Epistles were written : or whether , as the construction of the
passage seems ...
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even a teachers , while allsubsequent generations , equally interested in the
truths taught , would be abandoned to the ever - winding maze of unwritten
tradition , without even a clue to extricate themselves ; - or be required to depend
upon ...
even a teachers , while allsubsequent generations , equally interested in the
truths taught , would be abandoned to the ever - winding maze of unwritten
tradition , without even a clue to extricate themselves ; - or be required to depend
upon ...
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... depend upon some previously disposing cause . This I denominate disposition
. Should it be asked what is intended by disposition , it is replied , “ That
persuasion or commands , the hopes of future rewards or the dread of future
punishment ...
... depend upon some previously disposing cause . This I denominate disposition
. Should it be asked what is intended by disposition , it is replied , “ That
persuasion or commands , the hopes of future rewards or the dread of future
punishment ...
Page 140
We have seen that , in the term disposition , there is implied no more than that
unknown and incomprehensiblestructure of the will , by which it yields to the
influence of particular motives ; and that the virtue of the agent depends not upon
the ...
We have seen that , in the term disposition , there is implied no more than that
unknown and incomprehensiblestructure of the will , by which it yields to the
influence of particular motives ; and that the virtue of the agent depends not upon
the ...
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| Title | On the nature of divine agency in reference to the inspiration of the Scriptures [&c.]. |
| Author | Stephen Davies |
| Published | 1836 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 29 Jun 2006 |
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