Directions for the study of theology, letters1827 - 80 pages |
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... petent knowledge of human nature , as well as of the religion which it is his duty to teach . You say , and I believe , that it was this responsibility which made A you hesitate so long whether you should , or should.
... petent knowledge of human nature , as well as of the religion which it is his duty to teach . You say , and I believe , that it was this responsibility which made A you hesitate so long whether you should , or should.
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... believe nothing for which we have not the evidence of some of our five senses . Hence it is , that some of the most illiterate of the vulgar have lately avow- ed themselves to be ATHEISTS , for no other reason but because they had never ...
... believe nothing for which we have not the evidence of some of our five senses . Hence it is , that some of the most illiterate of the vulgar have lately avow- ed themselves to be ATHEISTS , for no other reason but because they had never ...
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... Christ's dying to atone for the sins of men , the fanatical sects to which I now allude , contend not only that Christ died for our sins , but also that , if we believe in that atonement as made for us , all our 11 4 ON THE VARIOUS DUTIES.
... Christ's dying to atone for the sins of men , the fanatical sects to which I now allude , contend not only that Christ died for our sins , but also that , if we believe in that atonement as made for us , all our 11 4 ON THE VARIOUS DUTIES.
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... believe , never more generally than at present ; and it will be your duty to guard the people committed to your pasto- ral care from the errors of both sects , as well as from every other deviation from the faith which was once ...
... believe , never more generally than at present ; and it will be your duty to guard the people committed to your pasto- ral care from the errors of both sects , as well as from every other deviation from the faith which was once ...
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... believe to be true ; but is it not equally true , that horses and oxen , and the fowls of the air , are , during a thunder storm , likewise struck with terror , which they indicate in very different ways ? Domestic animals generally run ...
... believe to be true ; but is it not equally true , that horses and oxen , and the fowls of the air , are , during a thunder storm , likewise struck with terror , which they indicate in very different ways ? Domestic animals generally run ...
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Page 176 - The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart ; that is, the word of faith which we preach : that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Page 127 - For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
Page 319 - And when he heard that it •> was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
Page 323 - But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Page 111 - Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves ; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire : 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female...
Page 179 - Verily I say unto you, that ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 319 - And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. 38 And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. 39 And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
Page 323 - If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.
Page 282 - That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish.
Page 78 - Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of Man, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation