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Page xiv
... purpose . As my føle view in this short system was to teach the elements of religious knowledge to perfons intended for common and civil life , and not for any of the learn- ed profeffions , I have avoided , as much as I poffibly could ...
... purpose . As my føle view in this short system was to teach the elements of religious knowledge to perfons intended for common and civil life , and not for any of the learn- ed profeffions , I have avoided , as much as I poffibly could ...
Page xxxi
... purpose is a courfe of regular and fyftematical inftruction . Every branch of knowledge is built on certain facts and principles ; and in order that these be ful- ly and clearly understood , they must be delivered in a proper order , so ...
... purpose is a courfe of regular and fyftematical inftruction . Every branch of knowledge is built on certain facts and principles ; and in order that these be ful- ly and clearly understood , they must be delivered in a proper order , so ...
Page xxxii
... purpose , is becoming every day more uncertain ; and it may be ex- pected that lefs advantage will be made of it continually . On these accounts , religious knowledge will never be communicated , with certainty and good effect , from ...
... purpose , is becoming every day more uncertain ; and it may be ex- pected that lefs advantage will be made of it continually . On these accounts , religious knowledge will never be communicated , with certainty and good effect , from ...
Page xxxiii
... purpose , in this way , unless the minister can have an op- portunity of difcourfing to the young men by themselves . He may then converse with them familiarly on the fundamental principles of natural and revealed reli- gion ; he may ...
... purpose , in this way , unless the minister can have an op- portunity of difcourfing to the young men by themselves . He may then converse with them familiarly on the fundamental principles of natural and revealed reli- gion ; he may ...
Page xxxix
... purpose of communicat- ing religious inftruction ; at least , I can- not , at present , think of any thing better adapted to the purpose . I fincerely wish that other minifters , who cannot but be fenfible of the evil that I complain of ...
... purpose of communicat- ing religious inftruction ; at least , I can- not , at present , think of any thing better adapted to the purpose . I fincerely wish that other minifters , who cannot but be fenfible of the evil that I complain of ...
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