An Inquiry Concerning the Origin of ChristianitySmallfield, 1838 - 379 pages |
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Page vi
... moral system which is connected with his name , nor impede their acknowledgment of the beneficial influence which the Scriptures exercise over mankind , nor lead to hostility towards the ancient and useful institutions which the ...
... moral system which is connected with his name , nor impede their acknowledgment of the beneficial influence which the Scriptures exercise over mankind , nor lead to hostility towards the ancient and useful institutions which the ...
Page vii
... morality and wisdom still sought , according to the forms which Christianity has consecrated . The transference of the sanction from a supposed revelation to natural reason will be so little prejudicial to these high exercises of the ...
... morality and wisdom still sought , according to the forms which Christianity has consecrated . The transference of the sanction from a supposed revelation to natural reason will be so little prejudicial to these high exercises of the ...
Page viii
... moral spirit , and those higher views of the nature of man , the progress of which , although naturally coincident with the advancement of the human mind , received so vigorous an impulse from the life of Jesus , that this spirit and ...
... moral spirit , and those higher views of the nature of man , the progress of which , although naturally coincident with the advancement of the human mind , received so vigorous an impulse from the life of Jesus , that this spirit and ...
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... moral purity , tinctured by the austere spirit of monachism . The principles of benevolence , morality , and religion , being implanted in the nature of man , it is natural that some of those combinations for common objects which men ...
... moral purity , tinctured by the austere spirit of monachism . The principles of benevolence , morality , and religion , being implanted in the nature of man , it is natural that some of those combinations for common objects which men ...
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... moral phi- losophy they eagerly study , conformably to the established laws of their country , the excellence of which the human mind can hardly comprehend without the inspiration of God . " These laws they study at all times , but more ...
... moral phi- losophy they eagerly study , conformably to the established laws of their country , the excellence of which the human mind can hardly comprehend without the inspiration of God . " These laws they study at all times , but more ...
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