The life of the rev. Joseph Blanco White, written by himself. Ed. by J.H. Thom, Volume 2 |
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... supposed that he would allow three or four , perhaps twenty , meanings in the words which were to convey those essentials ? " These unquestionable facts , therefore , convince me that those points cannot be essentials . " But ( it is ...
... supposed that he would allow three or four , perhaps twenty , meanings in the words which were to convey those essentials ? " These unquestionable facts , therefore , convince me that those points cannot be essentials . " But ( it is ...
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... supposed to act by a kind of Rule of Three . Now this is the kind of ratio between the length of Prayer ( which by the hy is disapproved by our Saviour ) which the Oxford High Church Pietists and many others seem to suppose . But if ...
... supposed to act by a kind of Rule of Three . Now this is the kind of ratio between the length of Prayer ( which by the hy is disapproved by our Saviour ) which the Oxford High Church Pietists and many others seem to suppose . But if ...
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... tianity . That state of mind is called Faith . It is not to be supposed that , in reality , any one of these species can exist purely by themselves , and without running more or less into each other . Even 40 EXTRACTS FROM JOURNALS.
... tianity . That state of mind is called Faith . It is not to be supposed that , in reality , any one of these species can exist purely by themselves , and without running more or less into each other . Even 40 EXTRACTS FROM JOURNALS.
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... supposed to have arrived at the utmost ma- turity of which they may be capable ? It is true that all may be error and delusion : but can I help it ? Have I not employed every means in my power to arrive at Truth , according to the ...
... supposed to have arrived at the utmost ma- turity of which they may be capable ? It is true that all may be error and delusion : but can I help it ? Have I not employed every means in my power to arrive at Truth , according to the ...
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... supposed that God would make his only true religion , Christianity , depend for ever , chiefly on the astonishment produced on people who lived ages ago ? Even if miracles were performed now , their effect would fall very short of that ...
... supposed that God would make his only true religion , Christianity , depend for ever , chiefly on the astonishment produced on people who lived ages ago ? Even if miracles were performed now , their effect would fall very short of that ...
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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.