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... sound . He never seeks to surprise us by the ingenuity , or to startle us by the novelty of his doctrines ; but he directs all his force against the most prominent difficulties of his subject , and never quits his position till the ...
... sound . He never seeks to surprise us by the ingenuity , or to startle us by the novelty of his doctrines ; but he directs all his force against the most prominent difficulties of his subject , and never quits his position till the ...
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... sound metaphysical lore as any human being need give a rush to pos- sess , unless he aspires to very high distinction in that peculiar line of investigation . He has divested his researches of all the frivolous trum- pery in which the ...
... sound metaphysical lore as any human being need give a rush to pos- sess , unless he aspires to very high distinction in that peculiar line of investigation . He has divested his researches of all the frivolous trum- pery in which the ...
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... sound philosophy , along with the dictates of conscience and the light of revealed truth , we shall find them to constitute one uniform and harmo- nious whole , the various parts of which tend , in a remarkable manner , to establish and ...
... sound philosophy , along with the dictates of conscience and the light of revealed truth , we shall find them to constitute one uniform and harmo- nious whole , the various parts of which tend , in a remarkable manner , to establish and ...
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... sound mind , and capable of discharging their duties in various situa- tions of life in a creditable and useful manner . But the knowledge which we derive from the other source is of immediate and essential importance to men of every ...
... sound mind , and capable of discharging their duties in various situa- tions of life in a creditable and useful manner . But the knowledge which we derive from the other source is of immediate and essential importance to men of every ...
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... sound inquiry in moral science ; and to a man in an opposite condition we should no more appeal in regard to the principles of moral truth , than we should take from the fatuous person or the maniac our test of those first principles of ...
... sound inquiry in moral science ; and to a man in an opposite condition we should no more appeal in regard to the principles of moral truth , than we should take from the fatuous person or the maniac our test of those first principles of ...
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Side 96 - For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Side 130 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves ; which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another ;) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my Gospel.
Side 95 - Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge ; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity...
Side 135 - He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Side 130 - For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
Side 136 - Nevertheless, he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Side 145 - And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient...
Side 157 - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Side 118 - B., without degrading me. I think you know Moore. Pray assure him that I have not the smallest influence over Lord Byron, in this particular, and if I had, I certainly should employ it to eradicate from his great mind the delusions of Christianity, which, in spite of his reason, seem perpetually to recur, and to lay in ambush for the hours of sickness and distress.
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