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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... Inevidence and Ob- fcurity , which accordingly is commonly faid to be an inevident Affent . But how and in what fense it is so seems not commonly to be fo well understood , and for the Confequence of what depends upon the right ftating ...
... Inevidence and Ob- fcurity , which accordingly is commonly faid to be an inevident Affent . But how and in what fense it is so seems not commonly to be fo well understood , and for the Confequence of what depends upon the right ftating ...
Page 50
... inevi- dent Affent , this Obfcurity or Inevidence is not to be applied to 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 ...
... inevi- dent Affent , this Obfcurity or Inevidence is not to be applied to 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 ...
Page 52
... inevidence that is in Faith , and up- on whose account it is commonly faid to be an inevident Affent , does not belong to its formal Reafon ( which you fee may be clear enough , as clear as any Principle of Natural Science ) but only to ...
... inevidence that is in Faith , and up- on whose account it is commonly faid to be an inevident Affent , does not belong to its formal Reafon ( which you fee may be clear enough , as clear as any Principle of Natural Science ) but only to ...
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... inevi dent as to the intrinfic Nature of the thing , the inevidence must not be thought to lie in the Ideas whereof the Propofition to be Believ ... inevident , and fo above Reason , as as to its Truth , or in other words , 54 An Account of.
... inevi dent as to the intrinfic Nature of the thing , the inevidence must not be thought to lie in the Ideas whereof the Propofition to be Believ ... inevident , and fo above Reason , as as to its Truth , or in other words , 54 An Account of.
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... Inevidence that is in the Matter of Faith refpects the Truth of the Pro- position not the Meaning of it , or the ... inevident , and fuch as could not poffibly be known with- out altering its Nature , and ceafing to be any longer the ...
... Inevidence that is in the Matter of Faith refpects the Truth of the Pro- position not the Meaning of it , or the ... inevident , and fuch as could not poffibly be known with- out altering its Nature , and ceafing to be any longer the ...
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Abfolute Abfurdities Affent againſt alfo alſo Anſwer Argument Authority becauſe befides believ'd believe cauſe Chriftian clear Comprehend Comprehenfion Conclufion Confequence confider confider'd Confideration confift Contrary to Reafon Creatures Demonftrative Difcourfe Diftinction diftinguiſh Divine Effence Effential Evidence faid falfe fame feems felf felves ferve fhall fhew fhewn fhort fhould fides fimple fince Finite fome ftand ftill fuch fufficient fuppofed fure Ground himſelf Human Reaſon impoffible Incomprehenfibility inevident Infinite Inftance juft Knowledge lefs leſs Light Matters of Faith Meaſure of Truth moft moſt muft muſt Myfteries Nature neceffarily neral Obfcurity Object of Faith Occafion otherwife perceive Perception Perfection poffible pofitively prefent prehenfibility pretend Principle Propofition purpoſe Rational refpect Relations Relations of Ideas Religion repreſentative Reveal'd ſay ſeems Senfe Senſe ſhall Socinian Suppofition thefe themſelves ther theſe things things above Reafon thofe thoſe tis plain true Underſtanding uſe whereof whofe
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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