A Discourse on the Latest Form of InfidelityJohn Owen, 1839 - 64 Seiten |
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... passing over , and darkening what seemed clearest to his view , such a being cannot pre- tend to attain , by his unassisted powers , any as- surance concerning the unseen and the eternal , the great objects of religion . If men had been ...
... passing over , and darkening what seemed clearest to his view , such a being cannot pre- tend to attain , by his unassisted powers , any as- surance concerning the unseen and the eternal , the great objects of religion . If men had been ...
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... passed over without notice . The follow- ing is given as a quotation from Spinoza . " The intelligence and will which we should regard as constituting the essence of God , must differ entirely from human intelligence and will . The ...
... passed over without notice . The follow- ing is given as a quotation from Spinoza . " The intelligence and will which we should regard as constituting the essence of God , must differ entirely from human intelligence and will . The ...
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... passed over as neither characteristic nor prolific . Care- fully tracing each question to its source , he will deduce from each its lesson of moral and political wisdom , and generalize them into laws . His style will be grave , severe ...
... passed over as neither characteristic nor prolific . Care- fully tracing each question to its source , he will deduce from each its lesson of moral and political wisdom , and generalize them into laws . His style will be grave , severe ...
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... of humanity was to be made the test of all these researches , and every age , and nation , and individual , as it passed in calm review before the eye of the historian , to be called to a solemn account for its good and its evil , 10.
... of humanity was to be made the test of all these researches , and every age , and nation , and individual , as it passed in calm review before the eye of the historian , to be called to a solemn account for its good and its evil , 10.
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... passed in vain efforts to gather up the broken links of some neglected chain , a little fragment of which had been suffered to lie unheeded , until it was lost forever . Remember by what uninscribed grave- stones you have stood , and ...
... passed in vain efforts to gather up the broken links of some neglected chain , a little fragment of which had been suffered to lie unheeded , until it was lost forever . Remember by what uninscribed grave- stones you have stood , and ...
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Seite 8 - From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land, by every tongue. 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Seite 5 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Seite 14 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Seite 27 - ... where clearer flames glow round the frozen pole: or under southern skies exalt their sails, led by new stars and borne by spicy gales! For me the balm shall bleed, and amber flow, the coral redden, and the ruby glow, the pearly shell its lucid globe infold, and Phoebus warm the ripening ore to gold.
Seite 21 - For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Seite 22 - And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.
Seite 4 - Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
Seite 23 - The character of the true philosopher is to hope all things not impossible, and to believe all things not unreasonable.
Seite 27 - For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again; this charge I have received from my Father.
Seite 25 - ... among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in...