A Brief Outline of the Evidences of the Christian ReligionAmerican Sunday School Union, 1829 - 232 pages |
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... ground of impartial reason . They have met them , at every point where they have chosen to make the assault ; and I may safely say , that no deistical argument remains unrefuted , no infidel objection unde- tected and unexposed . As Mr ...
... ground of impartial reason . They have met them , at every point where they have chosen to make the assault ; and I may safely say , that no deistical argument remains unrefuted , no infidel objection unde- tected and unexposed . As Mr ...
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... grounds , ) has been refuted with a clearness of evidence , sufficient to bring conviction to any mind but that of a sophist and a skeptic . But we shall have further occasion , in the sequel of this work , to consider the force of Mr ...
... grounds , ) has been refuted with a clearness of evidence , sufficient to bring conviction to any mind but that of a sophist and a skeptic . But we shall have further occasion , in the sequel of this work , to consider the force of Mr ...
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... . It informs us of no atonement , and makes no provision for the pardon of sin . Indeed , if we impartially consider the law of nature , all hope of pardon must be relinquished , on this ground , be- cause CHRISTIAN RELIGION . S1.
... . It informs us of no atonement , and makes no provision for the pardon of sin . Indeed , if we impartially consider the law of nature , all hope of pardon must be relinquished , on this ground , be- cause CHRISTIAN RELIGION . S1.
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Archibald Alexander. must be relinquished , on this ground , be- cause it is a first principle of Natural Reli- gion , that every one will be rewarded or punished exactly according to his works : and therefore if any man sin , he must ...
Archibald Alexander. must be relinquished , on this ground , be- cause it is a first principle of Natural Reli- gion , that every one will be rewarded or punished exactly according to his works : and therefore if any man sin , he must ...
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... fact . This is the ground taken by Mr. Hume , in his boasted argument against miracles . But it appears to me , that every man , previously to examination , must be convinced that it is false ; for it is CHRISTIAN RELIGION . 51.
... fact . This is the ground taken by Mr. Hume , in his boasted argument against miracles . But it appears to me , that every man , previously to examination , must be convinced that it is false ; for it is CHRISTIAN RELIGION . 51.
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Page 53 - A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.
Page 132 - I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I the Lord, which will call thee by thy name, am the GOD of Israel.
Page 144 - A voice from the east, a voice from the west, a voice from the four winds, a voice against Jerusalem and the holy house, a voice against the bridegrooms and the brides, and a voice against this whole people!
Page 132 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, And shall perform all my pleasure: Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Page 125 - God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy. Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
Page 129 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee ; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: in the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even!
Page 67 - That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavours to establish...
Page 183 - The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long, suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty...
Page 149 - Now, if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles ; how much more their fulness ? . , . For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead...
Page 110 - Christians boasted that the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church.