Letters to a Friend: On the Evidences, Doctrines, and Duties, of the Christian Religion, Volume 2Baldwin and Cradock, 1829 |
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... consequence : for they who adopt this hypothesis and they who reject it , having different objects of worship , and different " grounds of confidence , must be allowed to be of reli- " gions essentially different . " What , then , saith ...
... consequence : for they who adopt this hypothesis and they who reject it , having different objects of worship , and different " grounds of confidence , must be allowed to be of reli- " gions essentially different . " What , then , saith ...
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... consequence to contumely , derision , and reproach . " While I acknowledge the justice of this observation , I would wish to guard you against drawing any such conclusions from it as would be unfavourable to a cor- dial reception of the ...
... consequence to contumely , derision , and reproach . " While I acknowledge the justice of this observation , I would wish to guard you against drawing any such conclusions from it as would be unfavourable to a cor- dial reception of the ...
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... consequence underrate its mental tend- encies ; not seeing that while it is more certain , more attainable , and more useful , than any other knowledge , it is also more refined and elevated ; and because I am anxious to impress it upon ...
... consequence underrate its mental tend- encies ; not seeing that while it is more certain , more attainable , and more useful , than any other knowledge , it is also more refined and elevated ; and because I am anxious to impress it upon ...
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... consequence compelled to give up the authority of some part of Sacred Writ , -which were held and taught by the ablest and best men in the first three centuries , -which warmed the breasts of saints and martyrs , -which have inspired ...
... consequence compelled to give up the authority of some part of Sacred Writ , -which were held and taught by the ablest and best men in the first three centuries , -which warmed the breasts of saints and martyrs , -which have inspired ...
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... consequence of destroying our own seriousness , together with the seriousness of " those who hear , or join in , such conversation ; espe- cially if they be young persons ; and I am per- " suaded that much mischief is actually done in ...
... consequence of destroying our own seriousness , together with the seriousness of " those who hear , or join in , such conversation ; espe- cially if they be young persons ; and I am per- " suaded that much mischief is actually done in ...
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Page 13 - Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
Page 94 - Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
Page 303 - For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ ; and having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
Page 310 - And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. Ye shall not respect persons in judgment ; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great ; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man ; for the judgment is God's : and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
Page 307 - For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
Page 311 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 264 - And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Page 311 - Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God : and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid .of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: for he is the minister of God to thee for good.
Page 94 - But unto the son He saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever : a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of Thy kingdom.