The Christian Spectator, Volume 1Howe & Spalding, 1827 |
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... BIBLE AS CON- NECTED WITH ITS PRECEPTS . THE doctrines of the Bible are statements of facts . For example , the doctrine of the trinity is the statement of a fact respecting the mode of the divine existence . The doctrine of God's ...
... BIBLE AS CON- NECTED WITH ITS PRECEPTS . THE doctrines of the Bible are statements of facts . For example , the doctrine of the trinity is the statement of a fact respecting the mode of the divine existence . The doctrine of God's ...
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... Bible is most clearly manifest . It arises from the adaptation of these doctrines to the nature of man , and to the par- ticular precepts which they are de- signed to enforce . Man has a susceptibility of being af- fected by goodness ...
... Bible is most clearly manifest . It arises from the adaptation of these doctrines to the nature of man , and to the par- ticular precepts which they are de- signed to enforce . Man has a susceptibility of being af- fected by goodness ...
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... Bible farther removed from being a matter of mere speculation than another , that part is the evangelical doc- trines . The very object and ten- dency of them is to give man cor- rect and practical views of certain great facts which are ...
... Bible farther removed from being a matter of mere speculation than another , that part is the evangelical doc- trines . The very object and ten- dency of them is to give man cor- rect and practical views of certain great facts which are ...
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... Bible are so modified as to become of less efficiency , the precepts of the Bible must be so modified as to be- come less strict : otherwise the doc- trines will be found inadequate to secure obedience . Hence the soft- ening or ...
... Bible are so modified as to become of less efficiency , the precepts of the Bible must be so modified as to be- come less strict : otherwise the doc- trines will be found inadequate to secure obedience . Hence the soft- ening or ...
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... Bible , and see it when it is finished , standing alone and bare . The doctrine is neither held up as the reason for any precept , nor as the sanction to it . It neither excites feeling , nor secures obedience . It is perfectly ...
... Bible , and see it when it is finished , standing alone and bare . The doctrine is neither held up as the reason for any precept , nor as the sanction to it . It neither excites feeling , nor secures obedience . It is perfectly ...
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Page 200 - Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Page 103 - And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 237 - So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions ? if the Lord be God, follow him : but if Baal then follow him.
Page 328 - I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth...
Page 217 - When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests are at stake, and strong passions excited, nothing is valuable, in speech, farther than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled in every...
Page 401 - For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink ; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his birth.
Page 593 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
Page 521 - But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that 1 am baptized with ? They say unto Him, We are able. And He saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with...
Page 321 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Page 569 - Remember the former things of old: For I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times the things that are not yet done, Saying, My counsel shall stand, And I will do all my pleasure...