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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... less than a Divine Perfection , I must profefs my defpair ever to know what is . 8. To be the adequate Measure of all Truth , fo as to have no one Truth above the Compre- henfion of it , is as much as can be faid of the Reafon and ...
... less than a Divine Perfection , I must profefs my defpair ever to know what is . 8. To be the adequate Measure of all Truth , fo as to have no one Truth above the Compre- henfion of it , is as much as can be faid of the Reafon and ...
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... less than in the whole Kind . 5. If then it be demanded by what Name I would diftinguifh this Second Affent to a thing when the Evidence is full and complete from the former wherein the Evidence is fup- pofed not to be fo perfect , I ...
... less than in the whole Kind . 5. If then it be demanded by what Name I would diftinguifh this Second Affent to a thing when the Evidence is full and complete from the former wherein the Evidence is fup- pofed not to be fo perfect , I ...
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... less ? It cannot poffibly be if he Knows and Confi- ders upon what Ground he ftands . So that thus far , both in regard of the Certainty of the Object , and the Firmness of the Perfuafion , Divine Faith may be justly placed upon a level ...
... less ? It cannot poffibly be if he Knows and Confi- ders upon what Ground he ftands . So that thus far , both in regard of the Certainty of the Object , and the Firmness of the Perfuafion , Divine Faith may be justly placed upon a level ...
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... less Ab- stract though it may be with fome more pref fing and convincing . Suppofe God should re- veal to me a Geometrical Truth , as that two Tri- angles having the fame Bafe , and being within the fame Parallels , are equal , and I ...
... less Ab- stract though it may be with fome more pref fing and convincing . Suppofe God should re- veal to me a Geometrical Truth , as that two Tri- angles having the fame Bafe , and being within the fame Parallels , are equal , and I ...
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... less ftay long in any Confidering Head ; And is withal Contrary to a plain Ex- hortation of the Apostle , who bids us add to our Faith Knowledge , 2 Pet . 5. 1 . 21. When therefore the Matter of Faith , as it is taken for the Truth of ...
... less ftay long in any Confidering Head ; And is withal Contrary to a plain Ex- hortation of the Apostle , who bids us add to our Faith Knowledge , 2 Pet . 5. 1 . 21. When therefore the Matter of Faith , as it is taken for the Truth of ...
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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