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... assumes that there is a God . It demands our fullest confidence , on the ground of being His message ; and conse- quently assumes that He is " not a man that He should lie , " but One whose word may be trusted to the uttermost . It ...
... assumes that there is a God . It demands our fullest confidence , on the ground of being His message ; and conse- quently assumes that He is " not a man that He should lie , " but One whose word may be trusted to the uttermost . It ...
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... assume , and could not but assume , that God is , and that He is all - powerful , perfectly wise , and perfectly holy . They do not prove this , but refer us to the world and our own hearts for the means and materials of proof . They ...
... assume , and could not but assume , that God is , and that He is all - powerful , perfectly wise , and perfectly holy . They do not prove this , but refer us to the world and our own hearts for the means and materials of proof . They ...
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... assumed by so many of the representatives of science towards religion has been very generally exchanged for one of aggression or defence . The number of them who seem to think themselves bound to publish to the world confessions of ...
... assumed by so many of the representatives of science towards religion has been very generally exchanged for one of aggression or defence . The number of them who seem to think themselves bound to publish to the world confessions of ...
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... assuming our opponents to be wicked , why should we not assume them at once to be wrong , and so spare ourselves the trouble of arguing with them ? It will be better to begin by assuming only what no one will question — namely , that it ...
... assuming our opponents to be wicked , why should we not assume them at once to be wrong , and so spare ourselves the trouble of arguing with them ? It will be better to begin by assuming only what no one will question — namely , that it ...
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... assumes is that of one who has grown ashamed of his origin . X It does not in the least follow that we are to regard theism as merely or even mainly a tradi- tion - as a doctrine received simply on authority , and transmitted from age ...
... assumes is that of one who has grown ashamed of his origin . X It does not in the least follow that we are to regard theism as merely or even mainly a tradi- tion - as a doctrine received simply on authority , and transmitted from age ...
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