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... Bible for us , it is one which consists of hu- man language , interpreted in a manner consonant with the laws of language . My principal object is , to protest against the substitution of fancy and conjecture in the interpretation of ...
... Bible for us , it is one which consists of hu- man language , interpreted in a manner consonant with the laws of language . My principal object is , to protest against the substitution of fancy and conjecture in the interpretation of ...
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... Biblical Re- pository , ranged under different titles . But they are here repeated with many modifications and additions . My present apprehension is , that continued and often repeated study and reflection have corrected those views ...
... Biblical Re- pository , ranged under different titles . But they are here repeated with many modifications and additions . My present apprehension is , that continued and often repeated study and reflection have corrected those views ...
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... Bible excepted , in no book , treatise , epis- tle , discourse , or conversation , ever written , published , or addressed by any one man to his fellow beings , ( unless in the way of sport , or with an intention to deceive ) , can a ...
... Bible excepted , in no book , treatise , epis- tle , discourse , or conversation , ever written , published , or addressed by any one man to his fellow beings , ( unless in the way of sport , or with an intention to deceive ) , can a ...
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... Bible is a divine book , and that , since God is the real author of it , we must not expect to place it on the common basis of other books . " But how can we be satisfied with such an answer ? I am indeed fully persuaded , that " all ...
... Bible is a divine book , and that , since God is the real author of it , we must not expect to place it on the common basis of other books . " But how can we be satisfied with such an answer ? I am indeed fully persuaded , that " all ...
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... Bible as the case before us supposes . We must , therefore , either concede that the usual laws of language are to be applied to the Bible , or else that it is , and can be , no proper revelation to men , unless they are also to be ...
... Bible as the case before us supposes . We must , therefore , either concede that the usual laws of language are to be applied to the Bible , or else that it is , and can be , no proper revelation to men , unless they are also to be ...
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