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Page 73
... observance of their institutions . " Keep therefore and do them , for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations which shall hear of all these statutes , and say , Surely this great nation is a wise and under ...
... observance of their institutions . " Keep therefore and do them , for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations which shall hear of all these statutes , and say , Surely this great nation is a wise and under ...
Page 136
... observance . It is what all morality must be , separated from the truth of the Scriptures a body without a soul ; a whited sepul- chre ; splendid only in sepulchral magnificence . The morality of the Bible is well and intelligibly ...
... observance . It is what all morality must be , separated from the truth of the Scriptures a body without a soul ; a whited sepul- chre ; splendid only in sepulchral magnificence . The morality of the Bible is well and intelligibly ...
Page 249
... observances , but of conviction and feeling . No man possesses it any farther than he voluntarily embraces its principles and feels their power . The Bible therefore must neces- sarily depend for its triumphs , not upon the authority of ...
... observances , but of conviction and feeling . No man possesses it any farther than he voluntarily embraces its principles and feels their power . The Bible therefore must neces- sarily depend for its triumphs , not upon the authority of ...
Page 268
... observance in any other system of religion except that revealed in the Bible , unless it be some faint traditions of it in some pagan lands of remote anti- quity . It is a weekly observance ; fixed and per- manent ; hebdomadal from its ...
... observance in any other system of religion except that revealed in the Bible , unless it be some faint traditions of it in some pagan lands of remote anti- quity . It is a weekly observance ; fixed and per- manent ; hebdomadal from its ...
Page 269
... observances ; that is , they were devoted to the honour of their pagan gods . They were days on which their aitars smoked with sacrifices ; days of festivity ; days on which their public games were celebrated , and on which their ...
... observances ; that is , they were devoted to the honour of their pagan gods . They were days on which their aitars smoked with sacrifices ; days of festivity ; days on which their public games were celebrated , and on which their ...
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