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... course to have been a mischievous one , to reflect that he was carried astray by his implicit credit in men whom he highly revered . Truth is independent of all authority save one ; and it is always safer to ask for arguments than for ...
... course to have been a mischievous one , to reflect that he was carried astray by his implicit credit in men whom he highly revered . Truth is independent of all authority save one ; and it is always safer to ask for arguments than for ...
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... course of his argument , in order to introduce the following passage , of which the beauty is so conspicuous as , we trust , not wholly to disappear even in our translation . But grant them ( these expressions of delight at wild scenery ) ...
... course of his argument , in order to introduce the following passage , of which the beauty is so conspicuous as , we trust , not wholly to disappear even in our translation . But grant them ( these expressions of delight at wild scenery ) ...
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... course of time to have in them- selves something sacred and salutary ; waiving the discus- sion of the most important question , whether mortal judg- ments in these matters have not in many cases received a sanction from heaven ...
... course of time to have in them- selves something sacred and salutary ; waiving the discus- sion of the most important question , whether mortal judg- ments in these matters have not in many cases received a sanction from heaven ...
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... course to be sought for in the Pentateuch ; and Dr. Lowth has supposed that the very first in order of time is Lamech's address to his wives , preserved in the fourth chapter of Genesis . The poetical form of that address is apparent to ...
... course to be sought for in the Pentateuch ; and Dr. Lowth has supposed that the very first in order of time is Lamech's address to his wives , preserved in the fourth chapter of Genesis . The poetical form of that address is apparent to ...
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... course in merit . Yet having been written expressly for this publication , all of them keep the primary design in view ; and the majority of them are not sur- passed in humour or imagery , in spirit or mechanism , by any compositions ...
... course in merit . Yet having been written expressly for this publication , all of them keep the primary design in view ; and the majority of them are not sur- passed in humour or imagery , in spirit or mechanism , by any compositions ...
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Page 10 - And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? 8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
Page 315 - Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
Page 525 - Transubstantiation (or the change of the substance of Bread and Wine) in the Supper of the Lord cannot be proved by Holy Writ ; but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions.
Page 291 - Scriptures contain all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 681 - Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
Page 639 - Macedonia ; how that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
Page 22 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.
Page 278 - The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors Unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills : They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
Page 297 - Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind...
Page 34 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field: upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.