The Light of Truth in the Mind of Man, the Only Rule of Faith and Practice: With Some Observations Upon the Formality and Idolatry of Religious SectsAtkinson & Alexander, printers, 1824 - 109 sider |
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... exem- plified by extracts from a few writers - by showing the uncertainty of the bible , as a standard of belief , and of every other outward rule of faith and practice . In treating upon the idolatry of sects , I have.
... exem- plified by extracts from a few writers - by showing the uncertainty of the bible , as a standard of belief , and of every other outward rule of faith and practice . In treating upon the idolatry of sects , I have.
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... standard of truth . The Chinese who have taken the name of the celestial empire , seem entitled to it , from a sys- tem of government which , probably more than any other , acknowledges the light of truth in the soul of man , as that ...
... standard of truth . The Chinese who have taken the name of the celestial empire , seem entitled to it , from a sys- tem of government which , probably more than any other , acknowledges the light of truth in the soul of man , as that ...
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... standard which men pluck to pieces as they please , and make meanings of , to suit their own purposes . " If we consi- der that the Bible has gone through thousands of different versions ; that every nation have agreed in the necessity ...
... standard which men pluck to pieces as they please , and make meanings of , to suit their own purposes . " If we consi- der that the Bible has gone through thousands of different versions ; that every nation have agreed in the necessity ...
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... , it has appeared right for me to say enough clearly to draw this conclusion , that a thing so imperfect cannot be a rule for the Faith of any man ; and it will also follow , that there must be some other standard of truth , 38.
... , it has appeared right for me to say enough clearly to draw this conclusion , that a thing so imperfect cannot be a rule for the Faith of any man ; and it will also follow , that there must be some other standard of truth , 38.
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... standard of truth , by which the conduct of the lives of account- able creatures is to be regulated , or else there is no standard at all ; an alternative which no feeling mind will be willing to adopt ; and this standard can be no ...
... standard of truth , by which the conduct of the lives of account- able creatures is to be regulated , or else there is no standard at all ; an alternative which no feeling mind will be willing to adopt ; and this standard can be no ...
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Side 73 - Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone ; if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Side 13 - The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth ; When there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth...
Side 9 - He answered and said unto them, 'Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Side 53 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come again to my father's house in peace ; then shall the Lord be my God : and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house : and of all that thou shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Side 9 - By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand ; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive ; for this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed ; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Side 39 - He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.
Side 38 - And yet,' say those injured people, 'these white men would always be 210 telling us of their great Book which God had given to them; they would persuade us that every man was good who believed in what the Book said, and every man was bad who did not believe in it. They told us a great many things, which, they said, were written in the good Book, and wanted us to believe it all. We would probably have done so, if we had seen them practice what they pretended to believe, and act according to the good...
Side 42 - Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh ; yea though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
Side 27 - The soul itself is its own witness; the soul itself is its own refuge: offend not thy conscious soul, the supreme internal witness of men!
Side 40 - And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren ! 35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.