An Account of Reason and Faith: In Relation to the Mysteries of Christianity. By John Norris, ...Edmund Parker, 1740 - 236 pages |
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... conclude them False , and that therefore they ought to be believed notwith- ftanding their being above our Reason , which in this case ought to be no prejudice to our Faith , fuppofing them otherwife fufficiently reveal'd . Which ...
... conclude them False , and that therefore they ought to be believed notwith- ftanding their being above our Reason , which in this case ought to be no prejudice to our Faith , fuppofing them otherwife fufficiently reveal'd . Which ...
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... conclude to be the only Operation that properly belongs to the Understanding . 11. But now if all that of right belongs to the Understanding be Perception , then ' tis moft certain that Judgment carinot belong to the Understanding , and ...
... conclude to be the only Operation that properly belongs to the Understanding . 11. But now if all that of right belongs to the Understanding be Perception , then ' tis moft certain that Judgment carinot belong to the Understanding , and ...
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... Conclusion in Faith Implicit , as may be seen in the Syllogifm before fet down . Whatever is reveal'd by God is true , This is Reveal'd by God , Therefore this is true . The Major Propofition here ( whatever is reveal- ed by God is true ) ...
... Conclusion in Faith Implicit , as may be seen in the Syllogifm before fet down . Whatever is reveal'd by God is true , This is Reveal'd by God , Therefore this is true . The Major Propofition here ( whatever is reveal- ed by God is true ) ...
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... Conclusion of this laft Syllogifm is the Principle of the precedent One , and that Explicit Faith Jupposes what is proved in Implicit , it may be further noted that Implicit Faith ( as being the highest degree of Faith ) is due only to ...
... Conclusion of this laft Syllogifm is the Principle of the precedent One , and that Explicit Faith Jupposes what is proved in Implicit , it may be further noted that Implicit Faith ( as being the highest degree of Faith ) is due only to ...
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... - telligible for its Object ? But there is nothing Painful or Afflictive in the Condition of the Su- premely and Compleatly Bleffed . And there- fore I 3 fore we must Conclude that as the Infinite Will of Reafon and Faith . 117.
... - telligible for its Object ? But there is nothing Painful or Afflictive in the Condition of the Su- premely and Compleatly Bleffed . And there- fore I 3 fore we must Conclude that as the Infinite Will of Reafon and Faith . 117.
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Page 200 - But when a thing is proposed to me as from God, all that my Reason has to do in this case is seriously, soberly, diligently, impartially, and, I add, humbly to examine whether it comes with the true Credentials of His authority, and has Him for its real author or no. This is all that Reason has to do in this matter, and when she has done this, she is to rise from the seat of judgment, and...
Page 218 - God himftlf, and many .of them concerning himfclf and his own infinite perfections ? And what deference do we pay to God more than man, if either we fuppofe that he cannot reveal truths to us which we cannot comprehend...
Page 222 - ... be driven to fay that you comprehend the nature of God, which I hope you have too much religion as well as reafon to affirm. 10. And indeed if we meet with fo many infuperable difficulties in the fearch of nature, much more may we in the comtemplation of its author; if the works of God do fo puzzle and baffle our understandings, much more may they confefs their deficiency when God himfelf is their...
Page 66 - ... 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he fhould after receive for an inheritance, obeyed ; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Page 215 - Senfe and Congruity of Reafon in pretending to be a God in Heaven than to be a God upon Earth) I fay befides this, I would put it to your more fober thought to confider whether it be not every whit as great an Extremity in the way of rational...
Page 2 - God fpared not the natural branches, take heed left he alfo fpare not thee. Behold therefore the goodnefs and feverity of God, on them which fell, feverity ; but towards thee, goodnefs, if thou continue in his goodnefs ; otherwife, thou alfo fhalt be cut off. And they alfo, if they abide not ftill in unbelief, fhall be graffed in ; for God is able to graft...
Page 2 - Gentile, ** the branches were broken off," the children of Ifrael were rejected from being the people of God, " that I might be graffed in. " Well; becaufe of unbelief they were broken " off, and thou ftandeft by faith. BE NOT ** HIGH-MINDED, BUT FEAR. For if God " fpared not the natural branches, take heed leji