The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 1R. Carter, 1841 |
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Page x
... hold it incumbent upon us , to clear away the inju- rious metaphysics , in which certain disciples of the first school have , even in their earliest , their initial lessons on the subject , shrouded the science of Theology ; and we have ...
... hold it incumbent upon us , to clear away the inju- rious metaphysics , in which certain disciples of the first school have , even in their earliest , their initial lessons on the subject , shrouded the science of Theology ; and we have ...
Page xii
... hold ourselves independent of both these auxiliaries ; and it is our attempt to show on the premises of the author himself , or at least with the help of no other principles than the universal and uniform faith of men in the lessons of ...
... hold ourselves independent of both these auxiliaries ; and it is our attempt to show on the premises of the author himself , or at least with the help of no other principles than the universal and uniform faith of men in the lessons of ...
Page 19
... hold of God , but the " clouds and darkness which are round about Him " seem to repel the enterprise as hope- less ; and man , as if overborne by a sense of little- ness , feels as if nothing can be done but to make prostrate obeisance ...
... hold of God , but the " clouds and darkness which are round about Him " seem to repel the enterprise as hope- less ; and man , as if overborne by a sense of little- ness , feels as if nothing can be done but to make prostrate obeisance ...
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... hold of the celestial ethics also . Perhaps , there are many of its data that never could have been ascertained but by a peculiar mode of discovery . Perhaps the unaided faculties of man were incompetent to the task - and what the ...
... hold of the celestial ethics also . Perhaps , there are many of its data that never could have been ascertained but by a peculiar mode of discovery . Perhaps the unaided faculties of man were incompetent to the task - and what the ...
Page 41
... hold immediate converse by the organs of sense , the great object is a Being whom no man hath seen at any time ; but whom we either see by reflection from the mirror of His own workmanship , or see by revelation brought down to our ...
... hold immediate converse by the organs of sense , the great object is a Being whom no man hath seen at any time ; but whom we either see by reflection from the mirror of His own workmanship , or see by revelation brought down to our ...
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