Evidences of the Authenticity, Inspiration, and Canonical Authority of the Holy ScripturesPresbyterian board of publications, 1836 - 308 pages |
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... language of sneer or abuse . There is no ob ject which this race of infidels have more at heart , than to root up every principle of religion from the minds of men , and to drive it from the earth , so that not one vestige of it may ...
... language of sneer or abuse . There is no ob ject which this race of infidels have more at heart , than to root up every principle of religion from the minds of men , and to drive it from the earth , so that not one vestige of it may ...
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... language : " Our most holy religion is founded on Faith , not on rea- son , and ' tis a sure method of exposing it , to put it to a test , which it is by no means fitted to endure . " -And again : " Mere reason is insufficient to con ...
... language : " Our most holy religion is founded on Faith , not on rea- son , and ' tis a sure method of exposing it , to put it to a test , which it is by no means fitted to endure . " -And again : " Mere reason is insufficient to con ...
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... language and the arts most necessary to provide for the clothing and shelter of the body , gradually rose higher and higher in the scale of improvement , until they arrived at that pitch of refinement and civilization , which has been ...
... language and the arts most necessary to provide for the clothing and shelter of the body , gradually rose higher and higher in the scale of improvement , until they arrived at that pitch of refinement and civilization , which has been ...
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... language ; but this we omit , and go on tc remark , that he who is informed of the events which have occurred on missionary ground , in our own times , must have his eyes covered with thick scales of prejudice , if he does not ...
... language ; but this we omit , and go on tc remark , that he who is informed of the events which have occurred on missionary ground , in our own times , must have his eyes covered with thick scales of prejudice , if he does not ...
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... language it is claimed for the Almighty . " Vengeance is mine , I will repay , saith the Lord ; therefore , if thine enemy hunger , feed him , if he thirst , give him drink , for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head ...
... language it is claimed for the Almighty . " Vengeance is mine , I will repay , saith the Lord ; therefore , if thine enemy hunger , feed him , if he thirst , give him drink , for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head ...
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Page 169 - For, I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness, in part, is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved...
Page 67 - 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 230 - And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms concerning me.
Page 76 - 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 230 - Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father : there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me : for he wrote of me.
Page 232 - Lord is salvation ; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you ; as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Page 107 - Christ not risen; and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ; whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
Page 290 - O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called ; which some professing have erred concerning the faith.
Page 138 - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Page 135 - And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you ; so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other ; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.