Institutes of natural and revealed religion. To which is prefixed, An essay on the best method of communicating religious knowledge to the members of Christian societies, Volume 2printed in the year, 1794 |
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... sense , ftudy , and inquiry , and withal men of fair moral characters , their fincere belief , of christianity cer- tainly has fome weight , especially in cafes in which the gains of the profeffion do not place them much above the ...
... sense , ftudy , and inquiry , and withal men of fair moral characters , their fincere belief , of christianity cer- tainly has fome weight , especially in cafes in which the gains of the profeffion do not place them much above the ...
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... sense of acts of parliament , which were in- tended to convey the moft determinate meaning ,. fo as to obviate all cavils ? Nay , have we not equal reafon to expect that unbelievers fhould agree in the fame fyftem of unbelief ? If they ...
... sense of acts of parliament , which were in- tended to convey the moft determinate meaning ,. fo as to obviate all cavils ? Nay , have we not equal reafon to expect that unbelievers fhould agree in the fame fyftem of unbelief ? If they ...
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... sense of mifery . A If we have any reafon to think that our existence will , upon the whole , be comfortable and happy ; fince ( man being immortal ) our happiness muft be infinite upon the whole , though it be limited and finite at any ...
... sense of mifery . A If we have any reafon to think that our existence will , upon the whole , be comfortable and happy ; fince ( man being immortal ) our happiness muft be infinite upon the whole , though it be limited and finite at any ...
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... sense of the infinitely greater good we here- by insure to our felves . In this cafe , even the plea fures of vice would be fhunned with abhorrence , because we could never separate from them the idea of the infinitely greater pains ...
... sense of the infinitely greater good we here- by insure to our felves . In this cafe , even the plea fures of vice would be fhunned with abhorrence , because we could never separate from them the idea of the infinitely greater pains ...
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... senses . All these cafes are remarkable inftances of the pow- er of affociation , and demonstrate a poffibility , not only that an idea , but even a fenfation may cease to appear to be what it originally was ; yea , that it may be fo ...
... senses . All these cafes are remarkable inftances of the pow- er of affociation , and demonstrate a poffibility , not only that an idea , but even a fenfation may cease to appear to be what it originally was ; yea , that it may be fo ...
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Page 135 - For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) 6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 223 - And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them...
Page 312 - And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image ; these both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Page 311 - And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations : and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Page 168 - The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he delighteth in his way. "Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.
Page 154 - Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods : yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
Page 182 - All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Page 205 - No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us.
Page 311 - And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse ; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns ; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood : and his name is called The Word of God.
Page 144 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?