The life of the rev. Joseph Blanco White, written by himself. Ed. by J.H. Thom, Volume 2 |
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... kind may interfere with my work - or defeat my earnest desire of doing whatever good may be in my power , thus quietly and privately , during the few years of usefulness which may remain to me . * Tunbridge Wells , April 13th , 1833 ...
... kind may interfere with my work - or defeat my earnest desire of doing whatever good may be in my power , thus quietly and privately , during the few years of usefulness which may remain to me . * Tunbridge Wells , April 13th , 1833 ...
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... kind which you represent . When the Papists urge that the Scripture is useless without an infallible interpreter , do Protestants submit to the charge ? Why should a similar inference be valid when I say that the letter of the Scripture ...
... kind which you represent . When the Papists urge that the Scripture is useless without an infallible interpreter , do Protestants submit to the charge ? Why should a similar inference be valid when I say that the letter of the Scripture ...
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... kind ( that of the three witnesses is not trifling ) , - if any such thing is actually found in the Bible , the theory of plenary inspiration is at an end .- " But how can it be sup- posed that God would allow error in essentials ? " I ...
... kind ( that of the three witnesses is not trifling ) , - if any such thing is actually found in the Bible , the theory of plenary inspiration is at an end .- " But how can it be sup- posed that God would allow error in essentials ? " I ...
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... kind of composition . If I were to make an effort , it would now be for another purpose . I have read " The Travels of an Irish Gentleman in search of a Religion " -a work lately published , from the pen of the poet Moore . It is a book ...
... kind of composition . If I were to make an effort , it would now be for another purpose . I have read " The Travels of an Irish Gentleman in search of a Religion " -a work lately published , from the pen of the poet Moore . It is a book ...
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... to the number and length of their religious exercises , either he or his apostles would have given some instructions concerning the character of these devout practices . But we find nothing of this kind c 5 AND CORRESPONDENCE . 33.
... to the number and length of their religious exercises , either he or his apostles would have given some instructions concerning the character of these devout practices . But we find nothing of this kind c 5 AND CORRESPONDENCE . 33.
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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.