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Page 29
... heaven , and hell , and never - dying souls , are no originals for fancy pic- tures and amusing sketches . It is a degradation of the aw- ful majesty of Scripture to treat it in this way . Were I to speak what my feelings prompt me to ...
... heaven , and hell , and never - dying souls , are no originals for fancy pic- tures and amusing sketches . It is a degradation of the aw- ful majesty of Scripture to treat it in this way . Were I to speak what my feelings prompt me to ...
Page 41
... heaven does not expect trifling with his messages . Tell me not , I would say again , that the Bible can be rendered more useful , by admitting a second or spiritual sense . Whose office is it to mend what God has done ? To whom does it ...
... heaven does not expect trifling with his messages . Tell me not , I would say again , that the Bible can be rendered more useful , by admitting a second or spiritual sense . Whose office is it to mend what God has done ? To whom does it ...
Page 49
... heaven and earth bear wit- ness that his ways are often past finding out . And would he resort , then , for the sake of making this impression , to such means as those now under consideration ? The sug- gestion seems derogatory to his ...
... heaven and earth bear wit- ness that his ways are often past finding out . And would he resort , then , for the sake of making this impression , to such means as those now under consideration ? The sug- gestion seems derogatory to his ...
Page 50
... heaven , hell , soul , etc. , while they convey the definite ideas that men have concerning these respective objects , yet do not convey to our minds any description of that which is unknown to us , but which at the same time belongs to ...
... heaven , hell , soul , etc. , while they convey the definite ideas that men have concerning these respective objects , yet do not convey to our minds any description of that which is unknown to us , but which at the same time belongs to ...
Page 65
... heaven's light , we are every day told by one class of interpreters , that the ancient pro- phets habitually practised the very things , which Paul first argues down and ( I might say ) satirizes , and then forbids . For myself , I hope ...
... heaven's light , we are every day told by one class of interpreters , that the ancient pro- phets habitually practised the very things , which Paul first argues down and ( I might say ) satirizes , and then forbids . For myself , I hope ...
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