The Evidences of the Christian ReligionJ. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - 330 pages |
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Page 79
... ourselves , got the ideas of existence and duration , of knowledge and power , • of pleasure and happiness , and of fe- • veral other qualities and powers , which it is better to have , than to be with- C out ; when we would frame an ...
... ourselves , got the ideas of existence and duration , of knowledge and power , • of pleasure and happiness , and of fe- • veral other qualities and powers , which it is better to have , than to be with- C out ; when we would frame an ...
Page 82
... ourselves to him by all the acts of religion and virtue . Such an habitual homage to the fupreme Being would , in a particular manner , banish from among us that prevailing impiety of ufing his name on the most trivial occafions . I ...
... ourselves to him by all the acts of religion and virtue . Such an habitual homage to the fupreme Being would , in a particular manner , banish from among us that prevailing impiety of ufing his name on the most trivial occafions . I ...
Page 87
... ourselves can- not attend to many different objects at the fame time . If we are careful to in- fpect fome things , we muft of course neglect others . This imperfection which we obferve in ourselves , is an imperfec- tion that cleaves ...
... ourselves can- not attend to many different objects at the fame time . If we are careful to in- fpect fome things , we muft of course neglect others . This imperfection which we obferve in ourselves , is an imperfec- tion that cleaves ...
Page 88
... ourselves , that we cannot forbear in fome measure afcribing it to him in whom there is no fhadow of imperfec- tion . Our reafon indeed affures us that his attributes are infinite , but the poor- nefs of our conceptions is fuch , that ...
... ourselves , that we cannot forbear in fome measure afcribing it to him in whom there is no fhadow of imperfec- tion . Our reafon indeed affures us that his attributes are infinite , but the poor- nefs of our conceptions is fuch , that ...
Page 95
... ourselves that the great Author of nature will not always be as one , who is indifferent to any of his crea- tures . Thofe who will not feel him in his love , will be fure at length to feel him in his displeasure . And how dread- ful is ...
... ourselves that the great Author of nature will not always be as one , who is indifferent to any of his crea- tures . Thofe who will not feel him in his love , will be fure at length to feel him in his displeasure . And how dread- ful is ...
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Page 236 - Their sound is gone out into all lands : and their words into the ends of the world. 5 In them hath he set a tabernacle for...
Page 91 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 193 - After it a voice roareth: He thundereth with the voice of his excellency; And he will not stay them when his voice is heard. God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
Page 215 - And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures?
Page xvii - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its Author ; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Page 105 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
Page 119 - Existence is a blessing to those beings only which are endowed with perception, and is in a manner thrown away upon dead matter, any further than as it is subservient to beings which are conscious of their existence.
Page 89 - It would be an imperfection in him, were he able to remove out of one place into .another, or to withdraw himself from any thing he has created, or from any part of that space which is diffused and spread abroad to infinity.
Page 287 - But when the choice we actually have before us is this, whether we will...
Page 249 - The thoughts of a freethinker are employed on certain minute particularities of religion, the difficulty of a single text, or the unaccountableness of some step of Providence or point of doctrine to his narrow faculties, without comprehending the scope and design of Christianity...