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... sense ? * Why then should * None can demonstrate to me , that there is such an island in America as Jamaica ; yet , upon the testimony of credible persons , and authors who have written of it , I am as free from all doubt concerning it ...
... sense ? * Why then should * None can demonstrate to me , that there is such an island in America as Jamaica ; yet , upon the testimony of credible persons , and authors who have written of it , I am as free from all doubt concerning it ...
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... by au obstinate and capricious humour , denies every thing that wants the evidence of sense to sup- port it ; and therefore is very justly styled a 1 sceptic . Now , in order that we may 22 22 THE DOCTRINE OF FAITH MARK, xi. 22. ...
... by au obstinate and capricious humour , denies every thing that wants the evidence of sense to sup- port it ; and therefore is very justly styled a 1 sceptic . Now , in order that we may 22 22 THE DOCTRINE OF FAITH MARK, xi. 22. ...
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... senses ; and when it is evident to my senses , I cannot withhold my assent . But as no man can see beyond his horizon , so neither can he believe beyond his reason . This is too vague an argument too carry any force with it ; for if ...
... senses ; and when it is evident to my senses , I cannot withhold my assent . But as no man can see beyond his horizon , so neither can he believe beyond his reason . This is too vague an argument too carry any force with it ; for if ...
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... sense and appetite , which are the enemies of faith , that it is not at all surprising to find so little of it ... senses , com- mands our assent without the least hesitation or difficulty . 34 THE DOCTRINE OF FAITH.
... sense and appetite , which are the enemies of faith , that it is not at all surprising to find so little of it ... senses , com- mands our assent without the least hesitation or difficulty . 34 THE DOCTRINE OF FAITH.
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... sense of his offending against an infinitely glorious and good Being , whom he is under the highest obligation to obey , should work so powerfully upon his mind , as to make him sincerely regret his having done amiss ; and not only so ...
... sense of his offending against an infinitely glorious and good Being , whom he is under the highest obligation to obey , should work so powerfully upon his mind , as to make him sincerely regret his having done amiss ; and not only so ...
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Page 71 - Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Page 94 - Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me, the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
Page 191 - The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Page 101 - And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares ; for as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
Page 5 - Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) 2.
Page 147 - He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Page 94 - When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hands ', to tread my courts ? Bring no more vain oblations ; incense is an abomination unto me, the new moons, and sabbaths ; the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with, it is iniquity^ even the solemn meeting.
Page 43 - For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge ! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
Page 188 - Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and 'beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Page 31 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them ; Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled, notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit ? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.