A Plea for Religion and the Sacred Writings: Addressed to the Disciples of Thomas Paine, and Wavering Christians of Every Persuasion. With an Appendix Containing the Author's Determination to Have Relinquished His Charge in the Established Church, and the Reasons on which that Determination was FoundedMcCarty, & Davis, 1825 - 345 pages |
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... things , and , NO PRIEST , hath not only written a treatise professedly to prove the authen- ticity of the New ... thing ; for all difficulties are alike upon his scheme . " - Sherlock on Prophecy , p . 233 . that they afford mutual ...
... things , and , NO PRIEST , hath not only written a treatise professedly to prove the authen- ticity of the New ... thing ; for all difficulties are alike upon his scheme . " - Sherlock on Prophecy , p . 233 . that they afford mutual ...
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... things on this earth might have taught him , of the essence of his Creator . ' , " What then shall be said of the great Mr. Boyle , who looked into the or- ganic structure of all matter , even to the brute inanimate substances , which ...
... things on this earth might have taught him , of the essence of his Creator . ' , " What then shall be said of the great Mr. Boyle , who looked into the or- ganic structure of all matter , even to the brute inanimate substances , which ...
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... things ; said , " I sincerely wish that the author of the work in question may become a partaker of that faith in revealed religion , which he has so grossly defam- ed , and may be enabled to make his peace with God for that disorder ...
... things ; said , " I sincerely wish that the author of the work in question may become a partaker of that faith in revealed religion , which he has so grossly defam- ed , and may be enabled to make his peace with God for that disorder ...
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... things upon the human mind , is vindicated from the charge of enthusiasm , and the vile aspersions of a world that ... thing come out of Ga- lilee ' the defects in our ecclesiastical frame are confirmed by the.
... things upon the human mind , is vindicated from the charge of enthusiasm , and the vile aspersions of a world that ... thing come out of Ga- lilee ' the defects in our ecclesiastical frame are confirmed by the.
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... things essentially different . What has the character and gospel of Christ to do with the treachery of Judas , the cowar- dice of Peter , the ambition of James and John , the lukewarmness and worldly spirit of our Bishops and Clergy ...
... things essentially different . What has the character and gospel of Christ to do with the treachery of Judas , the cowar- dice of Peter , the ambition of James and John , the lukewarmness and worldly spirit of our Bishops and Clergy ...
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Page 5 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Page 126 - Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
Page 172 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherits, shall dissolve ; And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind ! we are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.
Page 59 - Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations : that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.
Page 128 - Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Page 242 - I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards : I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees...
Page 243 - What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heart-felt joy, Is virtue's prize: A better would you fix?
Page 128 - Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Page 58 - Christ, and be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith...
Page 242 - So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem; also my wisdom remained with me. And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiceth in all my labour; and this was my portion of all my labour.