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... attributes . Al- though the Suras of the Koran are all , with one exception , prefaced by the formula , " In the name of Allah , the God of mercy , the merciful , " there is extremely little in them of the spirit of mercy , while they ...
... attributes . Al- though the Suras of the Koran are all , with one exception , prefaced by the formula , " In the name of Allah , the God of mercy , the merciful , " there is extremely little in them of the spirit of mercy , while they ...
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Being the Baird Lecture for 1876 Robert Flint. attributes which we ascribe to God , but only so as to exhibit very imperfectly and erroneously His moral attributes . He is set before us as God alone , beside whom there is none other ; as ...
Being the Baird Lecture for 1876 Robert Flint. attributes which we ascribe to God , but only so as to exhibit very imperfectly and erroneously His moral attributes . He is set before us as God alone , beside whom there is none other ; as ...
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... I do not believe indeed , that we shall find out any absolutely new truth about God . Were a man to tell me that he had discovered a Divine attribute which had never previously been thought of , I should listen to Religious Progress . 53.
... I do not believe indeed , that we shall find out any absolutely new truth about God . Were a man to tell me that he had discovered a Divine attribute which had never previously been thought of , I should listen to Religious Progress . 53.
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... attribute : through the discipline of Providence individuals and nations are ever being more thoroughly instructed in the knowledge of it . I have , indeed , heard men say - I have heard even teachers of theology say — that the ...
... attribute : through the discipline of Providence individuals and nations are ever being more thoroughly instructed in the knowledge of it . I have , indeed , heard men say - I have heard even teachers of theology say — that the ...
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... attributes . Faith in the right- eousness and moral government of God must be able to look over and to look beyond many things calculated to produce doubt and disbelief . man can judge fairly as to whether or not there is a God , who ...
... attributes . Faith in the right- eousness and moral government of God must be able to look over and to look beyond many things calculated to produce doubt and disbelief . man can judge fairly as to whether or not there is a God , who ...
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