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... practical sense of religion amongst the people committed to their care ; " and , as one way of effecting this , to " in- struct them in the importance of external religion , " or the usefulness of outward observances in promoting in ...
... practical sense of religion amongst the people committed to their care ; " and , as one way of effecting this , to " in- struct them in the importance of external religion , " or the usefulness of outward observances in promoting in ...
Page xvii
... practical religion , the reality as well as form , is a demonstration of this , but many passages besides to the same purpose , se- lected from his other writings . Take the two following as specimens . In his Analogy he observes thus ...
... practical religion , the reality as well as form , is a demonstration of this , but many passages besides to the same purpose , se- lected from his other writings . Take the two following as specimens . In his Analogy he observes thus ...
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... reason , be satisfied of the contrary . And the practical consequence to be drawn from this , is not attended to , by every one who is concerned in it . May , 1736 . INTRODUCTION , CONTENTS . PART I. OF NATURAL RELIGION . lx ADVERTISEMENT .
... reason , be satisfied of the contrary . And the practical consequence to be drawn from this , is not attended to , by every one who is concerned in it . May , 1736 . INTRODUCTION , CONTENTS . PART I. OF NATURAL RELIGION . lx ADVERTISEMENT .
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... practical matters , may find other cases , in which it is not easy to say , whether it be , or be not , of any weight ; or instances of seeming analogies , which are really of none . It is enough to the present purpose to observe , that ...
... practical matters , may find other cases , in which it is not easy to say , whether it be , or be not , of any weight ; or instances of seeming analogies , which are really of none . It is enough to the present purpose to observe , that ...
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... practical , and what , if we will act at all , we cannot but act upon in the common pursuits of life ; being evidently conclusive , in various degrees , proportionable to the degree and exactness of the whole analogy or likeness ; and ...
... practical , and what , if we will act at all , we cannot but act upon in the common pursuits of life ; being evidently conclusive , in various degrees , proportionable to the degree and exactness of the whole analogy or likeness ; and ...
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Page xxviii - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than Heaven pursue. What blessings Thy free bounty gives, Let me not cast away; For God is paid when man receives, T
Page 52 - Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Page lix - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it, as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment...
Page 6 - Origen* has with singular sagacity observed, that he who believes the Scripture to have proceeded from him who is the Author of Nature, may well expect to find the same sort of difficulties in it, as are found in the constitution of Nature.
Page 256 - Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for. See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern showed to thee in the mount.
Page 51 - Because I have called, and ye refused ; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded : but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh...
Page 335 - And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.
Page 234 - Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven ; which things the angels desire to look into.
Page 256 - For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Page 235 - Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father ; when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority and power. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all...