The Bible and Men of Learning: In a Course of LecturesFanshaw, 1855 - 395 pages |
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Page 41
... allowed our world thus to become " without form and void , " in order to furnish a new and a world- wide demonstration of the public and private bless- ings which follow in the train of Christianity . The whole structure of society was ...
... allowed our world thus to become " without form and void , " in order to furnish a new and a world- wide demonstration of the public and private bless- ings which follow in the train of Christianity . The whole structure of society was ...
Page 52
... allowed to act according to its ordinary laws , it will invariably imbibe views and tendencies from the habits of the age and the na- tion to which it belongs . But with the inspired writers of the Bible , it was directly the reverse ...
... allowed to act according to its ordinary laws , it will invariably imbibe views and tendencies from the habits of the age and the na- tion to which it belongs . But with the inspired writers of the Bible , it was directly the reverse ...
Page 60
... allowed to speak out , wishing to undo the evil he had done by his profane scoffs against religion , he often laid his hand upon the Bible and declared , " A bad heart , a bad heart is the great objection against this Holy Book ; " and ...
... allowed to speak out , wishing to undo the evil he had done by his profane scoffs against religion , he often laid his hand upon the Bible and declared , " A bad heart , a bad heart is the great objection against this Holy Book ; " and ...
Page 61
... pursuit of truth . This is a serious accusation . It should not be lightly made , especially against men who have built up for themselves a high name in the world of letters . It should not be allowed to rest 4 SECOND LECTURE . 61.
... pursuit of truth . This is a serious accusation . It should not be lightly made , especially against men who have built up for themselves a high name in the world of letters . It should not be allowed to rest 4 SECOND LECTURE . 61.
Page 62
... allowed to rest on evidence in the least equivocal or inconclusive . The proofs should be irrefragable and obvious to every candid judge ; and such is the proof we have to offer . It is taken mainly from the confessions made by the ...
... allowed to rest on evidence in the least equivocal or inconclusive . The proofs should be irrefragable and obvious to every candid judge ; and such is the proof we have to offer . It is taken mainly from the confessions made by the ...
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