The Evidences of the Christian ReligionJ. Tonson, 1733 - 330 pages |
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Page 178
... morality ; as we fhall fee more at large , if we con- fider wherein confifts the excellency of faith , or the belief of revealed religion ; and this I think is , Firft , In explaining and carrying to greater heights , feveral points of ...
... morality ; as we fhall fee more at large , if we con- fider wherein confifts the excellency of faith , or the belief of revealed religion ; and this I think is , Firft , In explaining and carrying to greater heights , feveral points of ...
Page 179
... morality ef fectual to falvation . I have only touched , on these several heads , which every one who is conver fant in difcourfes of this nature will ea , fily enlarge upon in his own thoughts , and draw conclufions from them which may ...
... morality ef fectual to falvation . I have only touched , on these several heads , which every one who is conver fant in difcourfes of this nature will ea , fily enlarge upon in his own thoughts , and draw conclufions from them which may ...
Page 180
... morality , or natural religion , cannot pof- fibly apprehend any danger from embra cing Christianity , as it is preferved pure and uncorrupt in the doctrines of our na tional : Church . There is likewife another maxim which I think may ...
... morality , or natural religion , cannot pof- fibly apprehend any danger from embra cing Christianity , as it is preferved pure and uncorrupt in the doctrines of our na tional : Church . There is likewife another maxim which I think may ...
Page 181
... Morality feems highly violated by the one , and whether or no a zeal for what a man thinks the true system of faith may justify it , is very I cannot but think , if our religion produce charity as well as zeal , it will not be for ...
... Morality feems highly violated by the one , and whether or no a zeal for what a man thinks the true system of faith may justify it , is very I cannot but think , if our religion produce charity as well as zeal , it will not be for ...
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... morality , this is one , That it has given us a more juft and perfect idea of that Being whom every reasonable creature ought to imi- tate . The young man , in a heathen Comedy , might juftify his lewdness by the example of Jupiter ; as ...
... morality , this is one , That it has given us a more juft and perfect idea of that Being whom every reasonable creature ought to imi- tate . The young man , in a heathen Comedy , might juftify his lewdness by the example of Jupiter ; as ...
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Page 103 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Page 87 - His substance is within the substance of every being, whether material or immaterial, and as intimately present to it as that being is to itself. It would be an imperfection in him...
Page 79 - When you glorify the Lord, exalt him as much as you can ; for even yet will he far exceed. And when you exalt him, put forth all your strength, and be not weary; for you can never go far enough.
Page 82 - WAS yesterday, about sun-set, walking in the open fields, till the night insensibly fell upon me. I at first amused myself with all the richness and variety of colours which appeared in the western parts of heaven ; in proportion as they faded away and went out, several stars and planets appeared one after another, till the whole firmament was in a glow.
Page 291 - ... as it generally happens, that virtue would make us more happy even in this life than a contrary...
Page 195 - After it a voice roareth: He thundereth with the voice of his excellency; And he will not stay them when his voice is heard. God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
Page 89 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 296 - ... from all relation to eternity, is the most wonderful and unaccountable composition in the whole creation. He hath capacities to lodge a much greater variety of knowledge than he will be ever master of, and an unsatisfied curiosity to tread the secret paths of nature and providence ; but with this, his organs...
Page 238 - Their sound is gone out into all lands : and their words into the ends of the world. 5 In them hath he set a tabernacle for...
Page 91 - Secondly, How deplorable is the condition of an intellectual being, who feels no other effects from this his presence but such as proceed from divine wrath and indignation...