 | John Feltham - 1799 - 146 pages
...cannot be plucked up as easily as it may be planted. ecu. The great JOHN LOCK said of the Testament, " It has GOD for its author, salvation "• for its...truth without any mixture " of error for its matter."" CCIII. GOD is a spirit, the soul of man is a spirit,, and the perfection of the soul of man is its... | |
 | Bible - 1799 - 204 pages
...countries, has been admired by millions for its piety, its sublimity, its veracity; a book, above all, which has " God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter,"—few subjects can be more interesting than even a fragment of a biography of the Bible. And... | |
 | David Simpson - Apologetics - 1803 - 446 pages
...Scripture, efpecially " the New 'Teftament. Therein arc contained the words " ofeternal life. — It hath GOD for its author — SALVATION " for its end — and TRUTH, without any mixture of error, 11 for its matter, This * The ingenious andpiousLAVATER, aftsrpredifting, like Sir ISAAC N and Dr.... | |
 | Hannah Adams - Apologetics - 1804 - 398 pages
...Teftament. Therein are * See life of lady Mafliain,iu Ftmalt Biography, Vol. V. contained the words of Eternal Life. It has God for its author ; Salvation for its end ; and Truth without any mixture of errour for the matter." The death of this excellent man was agreeable to hi* life ; his diflblution... | |
 | T Nixon - 1806 - 176 pages
...especially the new Testament, therein are contained the words of eternal life; it has God for its au. thor, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter. He who seriously and dispassionately searches the scriptures, must confess that they teach, in explicit... | |
 | John Evans - 1808 - 342 pages
...it, let him study the holy scriptures, especially the New Testament, wherein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its author, salvation...truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter." Even Rousseau confessed himself struck with the majesty of the scriptures, the purity of the gospel,... | |
 | Robert Adam - Deism - 1809 - 520 pages
...Locke has very justly observed, " the words of eternal life—It has God for its author—Salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture of error, for its matter." For a more full and particular account of the Mohammedan religion, see Sale's Koran and his Prel. Discourse... | |
 | Joseph Guy - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1810 - 548 pages
...it, let him study the holy scriptures, especially the New Testament, wherein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its author, salvation...truth without any mixture of error for its matter." Even Rosscau, the famous infidel, confessed himself struck with the majesty of the scriptures, the... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Christian biography - 1810 - 514 pages
...says: "Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its author; salvation...truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter." This advice was conformable to his own practice. " For fourteen or fifteen years, he applied himself... | |
 | Henry Gauntlett - Christianity - 1810 - 236 pages
...it," he made this memorable reply; " Let him study the holy scripture, especially the New Testament. It has God for its Author, salvation for its end,...truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter." Let me now introduce to you that Colossus in literature and intellect, Dr. Samuel Johnson. He too was... | |
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of eternal life. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture of error for its matter*." I am, &c. * Locke's Posth. Works. 
