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... thought , when he so wrote , that the time would ever come when he should feel the obstacle , which he spoke of as lying in the way of communion with the Church of Rome , to be destitute of solid foundation . The following Work is ...
... thought , when he so wrote , that the time would ever come when he should feel the obstacle , which he spoke of as lying in the way of communion with the Church of Rome , to be destitute of solid foundation . The following Work is ...
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... thoughts , which in God's good time may quietly bear fruit , in the minds of those to whom that subject is new ; and which may carry forward inquirers , who have already put themselves on the course . If at times his tone appears ...
... thoughts , which in God's good time may quietly bear fruit , in the minds of those to whom that subject is new ; and which may carry forward inquirers , who have already put themselves on the course . If at times his tone appears ...
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... of the Church , with whose doctrine , on the subjects of which it treats , he wishes all his thoughts to be coincident . CONTENTS . PART I. DOCTRINAL DEVELOPMENTS VIEWED IN THEMSELVES . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION . xi.
... of the Church , with whose doctrine , on the subjects of which it treats , he wishes all his thoughts to be coincident . CONTENTS . PART I. DOCTRINAL DEVELOPMENTS VIEWED IN THEMSELVES . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION . xi.
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... they . " Thus I reply , and then the thought comes upon me a second time , “ And do not the same ancient Fathers bear witness to another 3 Hær . iv . 18 , § 5 . 24 INTRODUCTION . doctrine , which you disown ? Are INTRODUCTION . 23.
... they . " Thus I reply , and then the thought comes upon me a second time , “ And do not the same ancient Fathers bear witness to another 3 Hær . iv . 18 , § 5 . 24 INTRODUCTION . doctrine , which you disown ? Are INTRODUCTION . 23.
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... thought for their full elucidation . This may be called the Theory of Development of Doctrine ; and , before proceeding to treat of it , one remark may be in place . It is undoubtedly an hypothesis to account for a diffi- culty ; but ...
... thought for their full elucidation . This may be called the Theory of Development of Doctrine ; and , before proceeding to treat of it , one remark may be in place . It is undoubtedly an hypothesis to account for a diffi- culty ; but ...
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Page 357 - My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee, so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding ; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures ; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
Page 419 - Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like ? They are like unto children sitting in the market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced : we have mourned unto you, and ye have not wept.
Page 369 - And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul; So that from his body were brought unto the sick, handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
Page 73 - So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
Page 69 - And they shall hearken to thy voice; and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, "The Lord God of the Hebrews hath met with us; and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may 6 chapter 3: 12 sacrifice to the Lord our God.
Page 72 - And as, it is owned, the whole scheme of Scripture is not yet understood, so, if it ever comes to be understood, before the restitution of all things,* and without miraculous interpositions, it must be in the same way as natural knowledge is come at, by the continuance and progress of learning and of liberty, and by particular persons attending to, comparing and pursuing intimations scattered up and down it, which are overlooked and disregarded by the generality of the world.
Page 327 - I think there is one unerring mark of it, viz. the not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance, than the proofs it is built upon will warrant. Whoever goes beyond this measure of assent, it is plain, receives not truth in the love of it ; loves not truth for truth-sake, but for some other by-end.
Page 422 - Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt...
Page 69 - And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold, a feast unto the LORD.
Page 261 - Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence : there shall go before him a consuming fire, and a mighty tempest shall be stirred up round about him.