A Sermon Preach'd Before the University of Oxford at St. Peters Church in the East on Mid-Lent Sunday, March 29, 1685Leonard Lichfield, 1685 - 28 pages |
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... measure of Faith . T HERE is nothing wherein men are so much divided from one another as in Opinions , and nothing wherein they una- nimoully confpire than in think- ing well of themselves . This is a Humour of fo Catholic a Stamp , and ...
... measure of Faith . T HERE is nothing wherein men are so much divided from one another as in Opinions , and nothing wherein they una- nimoully confpire than in think- ing well of themselves . This is a Humour of fo Catholic a Stamp , and ...
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... more natural then the Conceit that we are already furnish'd with a confiderable Measure of it , and tho a particular Sect were Characte riz'd by that Appellation , yet all mankind are in in reality , Gnostics . For as ' tis ( ( 2 )
... more natural then the Conceit that we are already furnish'd with a confiderable Measure of it , and tho a particular Sect were Characte riz'd by that Appellation , yet all mankind are in in reality , Gnostics . For as ' tis ( ( 2 )
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... measure of Faith . ' Tis fuppofed that the Apostle in these words had refpect to the then prevailing Herefy of Gnostics , a fort of men that pretended to great Down Heights Dr.Hammord Heights , of divine Knowledge , to clofe inti- ( 3 )
... measure of Faith . ' Tis fuppofed that the Apostle in these words had refpect to the then prevailing Herefy of Gnostics , a fort of men that pretended to great Down Heights Dr.Hammord Heights , of divine Knowledge , to clofe inti- ( 3 )
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... Measure , and experimentally knew how prone humane nature is to fwell and plume upon a Conceit of its own excellencies , thought it expedient to advise his Charge at Rome ( the lib . 2. c . 3. place which Simon Magus the Author of that ...
... Measure , and experimentally knew how prone humane nature is to fwell and plume upon a Conceit of its own excellencies , thought it expedient to advise his Charge at Rome ( the lib . 2. c . 3. place which Simon Magus the Author of that ...
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... measure of Faith . And in the third place I fhall confider the Abfurdities and ill Confequences of tranfgreffing . this Standard , whereby it fhall appear how highly reasonable this Admonition of the Apostle is , and fo conclude with a ...
... measure of Faith . And in the third place I fhall confider the Abfurdities and ill Confequences of tranfgreffing . this Standard , whereby it fhall appear how highly reasonable this Admonition of the Apostle is , and fo conclude with a ...
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Abfurdities and ill according as God action muſt adviſe affuming againſt alſo altho Apoſtle Babylon becauſe he thinks becauſe tis Befides beſt Cauſe cellencies Cenfure concerning our felves confider confiderable confifts courfe Defire derſtanding Dictate Difcourfe Divine elſe faid feem felf fhall fhould think fince Firft Firſt fome Standard fruftrates all Methods ftand fubject fuch fufficient Gnostics God has dealt Happineſs Herod highly Hypothefis ill Confequences indow'd Intellectual JOHN NORRIS juft laft place lefs length refolv'd loves himſelf Mankind Maſter Meaſure measure of Faith miſtake moſt muft natural neceffarily underſtand neceffary Neceffity never fo notwithſtanding obferve Obligation Opinions we pleaſe Paffion perveniffe pleas'd pleaſe concerning poffible prefent Preparatory Pofition proceed fo Proud queſtion real worth reaſon reflect regu rily ſelf Soul neceffarily ſubmit thefe themſelves theſe things think foberly think himſelf third and laft thoſe acts Twas Univerſity unleſs unqualifies uſe Vertue whatſoever wherein whofe whole
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Page 5 - For I fay, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think, of himfelf more highly than he ought to think, but to think foberly, according as God hath dealt to .every man the meafure of Faith.
Page 17 - What man knoweth the thinges of a man if not the spirit of man which [is] in himself.