Several Discourses Preached at the Temple Church, Volume 1Martin & Wotherspoon, 1770 - Sermons, English |
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... itself from the eyes of the world . . This being the cafe where - ever men have been left to mere Reafon and Nature to direct them , what fecurity have the great patrons of natural religion now , that , were they left only to Reafon and ...
... itself from the eyes of the world . . This being the cafe where - ever men have been left to mere Reafon and Nature to direct them , what fecurity have the great patrons of natural religion now , that , were they left only to Reafon and ...
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... itself through the whole race , and fo poffeffed their fenfes , that " feeing they did not perceive , " and hearing they did not understand ? " or , do you think that you alone are exempt from this common , this univerfal blindness ...
... itself through the whole race , and fo poffeffed their fenfes , that " feeing they did not perceive , " and hearing they did not understand ? " or , do you think that you alone are exempt from this common , this univerfal blindness ...
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... itself from error ? Do the nations of old , or those which now are , afford any inftance of this kind ? But ftill you think that Nature is fufficient to di- rect you ; and what elfe is this but to distinguish yourself from all the world ...
... itself from error ? Do the nations of old , or those which now are , afford any inftance of this kind ? But ftill you think that Nature is fufficient to di- rect you ; and what elfe is this but to distinguish yourself from all the world ...
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... itself is evident ; the im potence of Nature ftands confeffed ; the blind- nefs , the ignorance of the heathen world are too plain a proof of it . This general corruption and weakness of Nature made it neceffary that reli gion fhould be ...
... itself is evident ; the im potence of Nature ftands confeffed ; the blind- nefs , the ignorance of the heathen world are too plain a proof of it . This general corruption and weakness of Nature made it neceffary that reli gion fhould be ...
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... itself against error and fuperftition , as it was to deliver itself from them , and will by degrees fall back into its original blindness and corrup- tion . Had you a view of the disputes that arise even upon the principles of natural ...
... itself against error and fuperftition , as it was to deliver itself from them , and will by degrees fall back into its original blindness and corrup- tion . Had you a view of the disputes that arise even upon the principles of natural ...
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