Philosophical and Critical Inquiries Concerning ChristianityW.W. Woodward, and for sale at his book-store, lately occupied by Mr. William Young, No. 52, corner of Second and Chestnut-streets, 1803 - Apologetics - 288 pages |
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Page vii
... admit as essential , what- ever might be reasonably objected to in sound philosophy . I therefore set out from those facts alone which are the best attested , and from these I have only drawn the most direct and immediate conclusions ...
... admit as essential , what- ever might be reasonably objected to in sound philosophy . I therefore set out from those facts alone which are the best attested , and from these I have only drawn the most direct and immediate conclusions ...
Page viii
... admit of much no- velty . My chief aim has been to discover a compendious , a more certain and more philoso- phical method to compass the great design I had . in view . I have endeavoured to link my propositions so closely to each other ...
... admit of much no- velty . My chief aim has been to discover a compendious , a more certain and more philoso- phical method to compass the great design I had . in view . I have endeavoured to link my propositions so closely to each other ...
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... admit , that that cause , whatever be the mode of its be- ing , possesses whatever is requisite for the production of that sublime effect , which I call the universe . I therefore study this ef- fect , and attempt to arrive at some ...
... admit , that that cause , whatever be the mode of its be- ing , possesses whatever is requisite for the production of that sublime effect , which I call the universe . I therefore study this ef- fect , and attempt to arrive at some ...
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... the same attention ) are also en- dowed with the same properties . This manner of judging is styled by logicians analogy . Reason therefore compels me to admit , that there exists € 2 and Attributes of the First Cause . 21.
... the same attention ) are also en- dowed with the same properties . This manner of judging is styled by logicians analogy . Reason therefore compels me to admit , that there exists € 2 and Attributes of the First Cause . 21.
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Charles Bonnet. Reason therefore compels me to admit , that there exists in nature a certain con- stant order , on which I may establish opi- nions , which , though not demonstrations , carry a sufficient probability to satisfy my wants ...
Charles Bonnet. Reason therefore compels me to admit , that there exists in nature a certain con- stant order , on which I may establish opi- nions , which , though not demonstrations , carry a sufficient probability to satisfy my wants ...
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Page 198 - Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. As many were astonished at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men...
Page 143 - Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead : so the last error shall be worse than the first.
Page 134 - But by what means he now seeth, we know not ; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not : he is of age ; ask him : he shall speak for himself.
Page 219 - Let both grow together until the harvest : and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Page 128 - I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Page 118 - Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, if we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
Page 126 - I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme ; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
Page 159 - It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, 4 That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
Page 128 - And now behold I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there ; save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus to testify the Gospel of the grace of God.
Page 197 - Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied : by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.