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... principle , idols are the invention of men , and are called the work of men's hands , and which their own fingers have made . Is it not then a fair exegetical inference , that , when the law is declared to have been written by the ...
... principle , idols are the invention of men , and are called the work of men's hands , and which their own fingers have made . Is it not then a fair exegetical inference , that , when the law is declared to have been written by the ...
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... principles of infidelity . The world is filled with books that are the product of the mightiest sons of genins ; but they are sterile and 32 LITERARY MERIT OF THE SCRIPTURES . 33 jejune , deformed tural Revelation LECTURE II The ...
... principles of infidelity . The world is filled with books that are the product of the mightiest sons of genins ; but they are sterile and 32 LITERARY MERIT OF THE SCRIPTURES . 33 jejune , deformed tural Revelation LECTURE II The ...
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... principles which are developed with some new accession of strength and beauty on every page ; a Hero , not of mortal nature , whom they every where honour ; a deity , not of the poet's creation , whom they worship with a pure ritual ...
... principles which are developed with some new accession of strength and beauty on every page ; a Hero , not of mortal nature , whom they every where honour ; a deity , not of the poet's creation , whom they worship with a pure ritual ...
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... philosopher who could think like Newton ; or a moralist who could illustrate human obligation like Edwards or Johnson ; we find a proof of the superiority of Christian principles even in those works of imagination OF THE SCRIPTURES . 47.
... philosopher who could think like Newton ; or a moralist who could illustrate human obligation like Edwards or Johnson ; we find a proof of the superiority of Christian principles even in those works of imagination OF THE SCRIPTURES . 47.
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A Series of Lectures to Young Men Gardiner Spring. superiority of Christian principles even in those works of imagination which are deemed scarcely susceptible of influence from religion . The common romance and the novel , with all ...
A Series of Lectures to Young Men Gardiner Spring. superiority of Christian principles even in those works of imagination which are deemed scarcely susceptible of influence from religion . The common romance and the novel , with all ...
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