The comparative coincidence of reason and Scripture, Volume 1J. Hatchard and Son, 1832 |
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... mind in an unprejudiced state ; and carefully to avoid the imbibing the belief of any religious doctrines to which the reason could not fully assent ; to diligently search the Scriptures , and where the assertions therein contained ...
... mind in an unprejudiced state ; and carefully to avoid the imbibing the belief of any religious doctrines to which the reason could not fully assent ; to diligently search the Scriptures , and where the assertions therein contained ...
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... for the same . In the perusal of it , it should be kept in mind that the Author had at an early age been taught to consider inquiry and research the indispensable duty of every intelligent creature ; that it was in vi PREFACE .
... for the same . In the perusal of it , it should be kept in mind that the Author had at an early age been taught to consider inquiry and research the indispensable duty of every intelligent creature ; that it was in vi PREFACE .
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... mind was left wholly unfettered from the restraints that are perhaps very wisely laid upon adventurous research by the orthodox and pious Christian ; and that a mind naturally contem- plative , under the influence of the above - stated ...
... mind was left wholly unfettered from the restraints that are perhaps very wisely laid upon adventurous research by the orthodox and pious Christian ; and that a mind naturally contem- plative , under the influence of the above - stated ...
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... mind ; or were continually sug- gested by the opinions broached by unbelievers in the truth of the Scriptures . But all the con- siderations stated in these digressions centre in one point , the eliciting of truth , and will be ulti ...
... mind ; or were continually sug- gested by the opinions broached by unbelievers in the truth of the Scriptures . But all the con- siderations stated in these digressions centre in one point , the eliciting of truth , and will be ulti ...
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... existence with minds completely under the dominion of such malign in- clinations . If we , therefore , never observed these malignant passions discovering themselves by overt acts of wickedness , 14 THE COMPARATIVE COINCIDENCE.
... existence with minds completely under the dominion of such malign in- clinations . If we , therefore , never observed these malignant passions discovering themselves by overt acts of wickedness , 14 THE COMPARATIVE COINCIDENCE.
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Page 317 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night...
Page 218 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Page 342 - ... and saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth : wherein were all manner of four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter ; kill, and eat.
Page 388 - The wide, the unbounded prospect, lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works) he must delight in virtue; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Page 151 - Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you : searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
Page 50 - I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me : I girded thee, though thou hast not known me : that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and •'/••.-• is none else. I form the light, and create darkness : I make peace, and create evil : I the LORD do all these things.
Page 121 - As one who long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoined, from each thing met conceives delight, The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Page 355 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to-day, and to-morrow, and let them wash their clothes ; and be ready against the third day : for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai.
Page 355 - 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 337 - And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.