The life of the rev. Joseph Blanco White, written by himself. Ed. by J.H. Thom, Volume 2 |
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... opinion ; the Protes- tant PRIESTS of Oxford ; religious tyranny supported by every one who keeps silence on prevailing errors , 212-15 ; the limits of human reason , the danger of allowing constituted interests vi CONTENTS .
... opinion ; the Protes- tant PRIESTS of Oxford ; religious tyranny supported by every one who keeps silence on prevailing errors , 212-15 ; the limits of human reason , the danger of allowing constituted interests vi CONTENTS .
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Joseph Blanco White John Hamilton Thom. of human reason , the danger of allowing constituted interests to determine what they are , 215-17 ; the original Quakers ; George Fox ; individual inspiration , 217-22 ; the Oxford Party , Vaughan ...
Joseph Blanco White John Hamilton Thom. of human reason , the danger of allowing constituted interests to determine what they are , 215-17 ; the original Quakers ; George Fox ; individual inspiration , 217-22 ; the Oxford Party , Vaughan ...
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... allows such a mass of misery as Divines make out , is revolting in the ex- treme . It is an insult to every thinking mind.- Omnipotent ! What is the meaning of that word ? If it is absolutely unlimited power , we are constantly ...
... allows such a mass of misery as Divines make out , is revolting in the ex- treme . It is an insult to every thinking mind.- Omnipotent ! What is the meaning of that word ? If it is absolutely unlimited power , we are constantly ...
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... allow it . - Well , then , God's nature , like my na- ture , limits his power.- " But God's nature is not like our ... allowing his enemy to sow tares , & c . , but not permitting him totally to regain the ground obtained by the Divine ...
... allow it . - Well , then , God's nature , like my na- ture , limits his power.- " But God's nature is not like our ... allowing his enemy to sow tares , & c . , but not permitting him totally to regain the ground obtained by the Divine ...
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... allow his holy one to see corruption . " I do not know - I do not ask " how can these things be ; " but I trust that they are indeed , that they exist , in some sense or other , for my benefit and salvation . Tunbridge Wells , Saturday ...
... allow his holy one to see corruption . " I do not know - I do not ask " how can these things be ; " but I trust that they are indeed , that they exist , in some sense or other , for my benefit and salvation . Tunbridge Wells , Saturday ...
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Page 33 - Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed ; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Page 74 - Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said : nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Page 15 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Page 172 - By pain of heart — now checked — and now impelled The intellectual Power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way...
Page 15 - Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Page 74 - The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
Page 31 - Enow of such as for their bellies' sake, Creep and intrude, and climb into the fold? Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest; Blind mouths! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs!
Page 359 - SELECTIONS from the WRITINGS of FENELON. With a Memoir of his Life. By Mrs. FOLLEN.
Page 359 - GAMMER GRETHEL; OR, GERMAN FAIRY TALES AND POPULAR STORIES. From the Collection of MM. GRIMM, and other sources.
Page 277 - According to the constitution of our minds, the knowledge which we have of ourselves and of the external world leads us with absolute necessity to conclude that, if the world was created by the free act of a conscious Being, that Being must either be limited in power or in goodness. Out of this dilemma neither philosophy nor theology can extricate the thinking and unsuperstitious mind.