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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... Formal An- fwer by way of Solution of his Objections , till upon fur ther Confideration I judg'd it better to give an Abfolute Account of the Pofitive Side of the Question ; and after having laid fuch Grounds in it as might be made use ...
... Formal An- fwer by way of Solution of his Objections , till upon fur ther Confideration I judg'd it better to give an Abfolute Account of the Pofitive Side of the Question ; and after having laid fuch Grounds in it as might be made use ...
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... to be follici- tous , as not defigning a formal and exact di- vifion of the Operations of the Understanding ; but only to fhew that they were all no other than 1 than pure Perceptions . And fo far his reprefentation Reafon and Faith . 25.
... to be follici- tous , as not defigning a formal and exact di- vifion of the Operations of the Understanding ; but only to fhew that they were all no other than 1 than pure Perceptions . And fo far his reprefentation Reafon and Faith . 25.
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... Formal Motives , one being grounded upon Reason , and the other upon Authority . And the Diftinction of these Affents is not taken from the degree of Certainty wherein they a- gree , but from the Quality of the Motive wherein they ...
... Formal Motives , one being grounded upon Reason , and the other upon Authority . And the Diftinction of these Affents is not taken from the degree of Certainty wherein they a- gree , but from the Quality of the Motive wherein they ...
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... Formal Reason of Faith . * Aqui has I know calls them both Objects , and then after diftinguishes them by calling the former the Material Object , and the latter the formal Object of Faith . Accordingly he says that the Formal Object of ...
... Formal Reason of Faith . * Aqui has I know calls them both Objects , and then after diftinguishes them by calling the former the Material Object , and the latter the formal Object of Faith . Accordingly he says that the Formal Object of ...
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... formal Reafon or Motive of Faith , but only to the Matter or Object of it . I fay not to the formal Reafon of it . For as there may be in general a clear Reason why a Man fhould believe an Obfcure thing , fo ' tis moft certain that the ...
... formal Reafon or Motive of Faith , but only to the Matter or Object of it . I fay not to the formal Reafon of it . For as there may be in general a clear Reason why a Man fhould believe an Obfcure thing , fo ' tis moft certain that the ...
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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