Discourses Relating to the Evidence of Revealed Religion, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1794 |
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... because they believed it ; but that their faith is the off- fpring of reafon : that Chriftianity is no cunningly devifed fable , but that the evidence of the facts on which it is built is the fame with that of any other facts of antient ...
... because they believed it ; but that their faith is the off- fpring of reafon : that Chriftianity is no cunningly devifed fable , but that the evidence of the facts on which it is built is the fame with that of any other facts of antient ...
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... , as children are ; because these impreffions are the elements of all our knowledge , and of all our powers in future life ; and there is no true wisdom in any attempts to accelerate this progress beyond a certain in 2 The Evidence of.
... , as children are ; because these impreffions are the elements of all our knowledge , and of all our powers in future life ; and there is no true wisdom in any attempts to accelerate this progress beyond a certain in 2 The Evidence of.
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... because he has no in- tereft in it . If he like the scenes of the day , to which his exiftence is confined , his heart must ficken at the idea of any thing beyond it , because he is totally excluded from it . What then must be the ...
... because he has no in- tereft in it . If he like the scenes of the day , to which his exiftence is confined , his heart must ficken at the idea of any thing beyond it , because he is totally excluded from it . What then must be the ...
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... because his happiness is most nearly con- cerned in it ; and the more interested we are in any thing , the more it behoves us to fee that we be not impofed upon , but that we have fufficient ground for our be- lief . Reafon and ...
... because his happiness is most nearly con- cerned in it ; and the more interested we are in any thing , the more it behoves us to fee that we be not impofed upon , but that we have fufficient ground for our be- lief . Reafon and ...
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... because the waters were bitter , fo that , though they were exhaufted with thirst , they could not drink them . In this dif treffing fituation , of which we , in this climate , can form but an imperfect idea , the people murmured ...
... because the waters were bitter , fo that , though they were exhaufted with thirst , they could not drink them . In this dif treffing fituation , of which we , in this climate , can form but an imperfect idea , the people murmured ...
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Page 231 - Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land. And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel, and one king shall be king to them all ; and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all.
Page 233 - And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
Page 161 - For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
Page 164 - That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments...
Page 88 - I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Page 228 - At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you : for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the Lord.
Page 226 - For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
Page 84 - Now, therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people : for all the earth is mine : and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
Page 162 - Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations...
Page 276 - Ye men of Israel, hear these words, Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know...