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... philosopher ; for as what he knows of the nature of God arises chiefly from what he knows of Christ , and entirely from what is revealed in Scripture , he gains from those divine sources more clear and dis- tinct views of the Deity than ...
... philosopher ; for as what he knows of the nature of God arises chiefly from what he knows of Christ , and entirely from what is revealed in Scripture , he gains from those divine sources more clear and dis- tinct views of the Deity than ...
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... philosopher to be arrogant , the injured to be unforgiving : forbearance was cowardice , humility was baseness , meekness was pusillanimity . Not only their justice was stained with cruelty , but the most cruel acts of injustice were ...
... philosopher to be arrogant , the injured to be unforgiving : forbearance was cowardice , humility was baseness , meekness was pusillanimity . Not only their justice was stained with cruelty , but the most cruel acts of injustice were ...
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... philosophers who , though they were professors of wisdom , were , not generally to the vulgar , teachers of morals , seldom gave the Deity a place in their ethics . Between these conflicting instructors the people stood little chance of ...
... philosophers who , though they were professors of wisdom , were , not generally to the vulgar , teachers of morals , seldom gave the Deity a place in their ethics . Between these conflicting instructors the people stood little chance of ...
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... philosophers , if they were disposed to give the people some rules of duty , were over - matched by the priests , who knew that they should gratify them more by omitting what they so little relished . As to the people themselves , they ...
... philosophers , if they were disposed to give the people some rules of duty , were over - matched by the priests , who knew that they should gratify them more by omitting what they so little relished . As to the people themselves , they ...
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... philosopher ; a philosophy abstruse and metaphysical was not sufficiently accommodated to general use to suit the people . Lactantius , on the authority of Plato , relates , that Socrates declared there was no such thing as human wisdom ...
... philosopher ; a philosophy abstruse and metaphysical was not sufficiently accommodated to general use to suit the people . Lactantius , on the authority of Plato , relates , that Socrates declared there was no such thing as human wisdom ...
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Page 372 - Thou knowest that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me?" He then proceeds to enumerate individuals, of whom it may be presumed that he once entertained better hopes. While, therefore, we possess the works of this great Apostle, and still many continue to receive so little benefit from
Page 190 - generous energy in enumerating the several instances in which this good effect had appeared ; — " yea, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear
Page 157 - duties of a Christian minister, to which there is also a reference in this chapter, was never compressed into so small a compass as in his charge to his beloved Titus *; — "In all things showing thyself a pattern of good works. In doctrine showing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, sound speech.
Page 196 - Let me rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain." When he expresses such a feeling sense of distress, upon the interesting occasion
Page 381 - Christianity elevating civilisation and sanctifying commerce — had the Royal Saint witnessed this combination of mercies in one single country, what had his feelings been ? He who so passionately exclaimed, " Oh, how amiable are thy dwellings, thou Lord of Hosts ! — my soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord — blessed are they that dwell in thine house
Page 66 - all proposed with a minuteness which will scarcely bear a comparison but with his own catalogue of virtues in a kindred Epistle: " Whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report; if there be any
Page 381 - my soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord — blessed are they that dwell in thine house — one day in thy courts is better than
Page 3 - how low was its highest standard. It had completely betrayed its inability to effect a revolution in the minds of men. " Human reason," says the same great authority above quoted, " never yet, from unquestionable principles or clear deductions, made out an entire body of the law of nature.
Page 204 - I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ." * As the representative of his Master he implores of man the reconciliation for which it would be natural to expect that
Page 327 - newly conceived in the Apostle's mind; he had before told the Thessalonians — " the Lord himself shall descend with a shout, with the voice of an Archangel and the trump of God." His grateful spirit does not forget to remind them to whom the victory is owing, to