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... DIVINE INTELLIGENCE IN THE HUMAN MIND ..... Sect . 1. Authorities in support of the view now taken .... 2. Of the testimonies in favour of such a principle analogous to Instinct and superior to Reason 199 ib . .. 205 3 On the enlarged ...
... DIVINE INTELLIGENCE IN THE HUMAN MIND ..... Sect . 1. Authorities in support of the view now taken .... 2. Of the testimonies in favour of such a principle analogous to Instinct and superior to Reason 199 ib . .. 205 3 On the enlarged ...
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... Principle CHAP . VIII . OF THE TRUE SOURCE OF MORAL SENTIMENTS , AND OF THE VARIOUS OPINIONS RESPECTING A MORAL ... DIVINE SPIRIT IN THE SOUL ....... 450 Sect . 1. Introductory remarks ..... ib . 2. Of the Seed of Divine Truth ...
... Principle CHAP . VIII . OF THE TRUE SOURCE OF MORAL SENTIMENTS , AND OF THE VARIOUS OPINIONS RESPECTING A MORAL ... DIVINE SPIRIT IN THE SOUL ....... 450 Sect . 1. Introductory remarks ..... ib . 2. Of the Seed of Divine Truth ...
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... principle of gravitation in bodies , which is not to be explained by any known qualities , inherent in the bodies ... divine energy acting in the creatures . " SECT . II . Of Instinct in Animals in their choice of Food . In a sketch like ...
... principle of gravitation in bodies , which is not to be explained by any known qualities , inherent in the bodies ... divine energy acting in the creatures . " SECT . II . Of Instinct in Animals in their choice of Food . In a sketch like ...
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... divine work- manship . When a bone is broken , the surgeon does not in fact produce a union between the fractured ... principle , powerfully active in effect , whether the term be ad- mitted or rejected , and under all its appellations ...
... divine work- manship . When a bone is broken , the surgeon does not in fact produce a union between the fractured ... principle , powerfully active in effect , whether the term be ad- mitted or rejected , and under all its appellations ...
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... divine architect . The mode of their impulse is indeed mysterious and un- known ; but we neither think it fit to designate this impulse by the term Instinct , Reason , or Inspiration , as the ruling principle of action . In the ...
... divine architect . The mode of their impulse is indeed mysterious and un- known ; but we neither think it fit to designate this impulse by the term Instinct , Reason , or Inspiration , as the ruling principle of action . In the ...
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Page 478 - Let no man deceive himself . If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Page 479 - Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you ? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
Page 4 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 462 - For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness : for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Page 478 - And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God, for I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Page 544 - Not a flower But shows some touch, in freckle, streak, or stain, Of his unrivalled pencil, He' inspires Their balmy odours, and imparts their hues, And bathes their eyes with nectar, and includes, In grains as countless as the sea-side sands, The forms, with which he sprinkles all the earth.
Page 256 - Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas; how comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store, which the busy and boundless fancy of man has painted on it with an almost endless variety? Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, from EXPERIENCE...
Page 164 - Who taught the nations of the field and wood To shun their poison, and to choose their food ? Prescient, the tides or tempests to withstand, Build on the wave, or arch beneath the sand?
Page 192 - Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn That he who made it, and reveal'd its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age.
Page 511 - Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light, and Fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural faculties. Revelation is natural reason enlarged by a new set of discoveries, communicated by God immediately, which reason vouches the truth of, by the testimony and proofs it gives, that they come from God.