Discourses on the Philosophy of Religion: Addresses to Doubters who Wish to Believe

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James Munroe, 1836 - 80 páginas
 

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Página 7 - Lord, according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue : whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises : that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Página 8 - For she is. the brightness of the everlasting light, the unspotted mirror of the power of God, and the image of His goodness.
Página 8 - And being but one, she can do all things: and remaining in herself, she maketh all things new: and in all ages entering into holy souls, she maketh them friends of God, and prophets.
Página 5 - ... taken from amongst many others, preached in the same place, through a course of eight years, being in great measure accidental. Neither is he to expect to find any other connexion between them, than that uniformity of thought and design, which will always be found in the writings of the same person, when he writes with simplicity and in earnest.
Página 7 - Lo, now speakest thou plainly and speakest no proverb ; now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee ; by this we believe that thou earnest forth from God.
Página 22 - we understand that the worlds were formed by the word of God ; so that the things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
Página 9 - These words are applied by the writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews, to the ancient lawgiver of their nation, as descriptive of the principle of faith which formed a prominent element in his character. They may be regarded as describing with no less justice and force the peculiar character of every truly religious man. For there is nothing which more strongly marks the believer in religious truth than his firm conviction of the reality of a vast range of subjects which do not come under the cognizance...
Página 47 - Perfect, you know, we are all required to be — perfect, " even as our Father who is in heaven is perfect.
Página 55 - All scripture is given by inspiration of God ; ' that ' holy men of old spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost,' form the chief foundation on which the claim is rested.
Página 58 - Saviour taught. In him, it pleased the Father, that all fulness should dwell ; in his person, the fulness of the divine character ; in his instructions, the fulness of divine truth. Whatever he taught in his precepts or in his life, in his briefest hints, or his copious expositions, we regard as the essence of Christianity. The views of religion, which he cherished himself, are the views of religion which every Christian should...

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