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... knowledge ex- tends , has yet shown us . In fact , unless we say that every man's own fancy is his rule , in the matter of an occult sense , I wot not where we are to find a rule . Is there any resort except to inspira- tion ? I can see ...
... knowledge ex- tends , has yet shown us . In fact , unless we say that every man's own fancy is his rule , in the matter of an occult sense , I wot not where we are to find a rule . Is there any resort except to inspira- tion ? I can see ...
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... knowledge of any rules by which it can be interpreted . It is well that the public taste is at last putting its hand more and more upon the extravagance of days that are past , in respect to the occult sense of many portions of the ...
... knowledge of any rules by which it can be interpreted . It is well that the public taste is at last putting its hand more and more upon the extravagance of days that are past , in respect to the occult sense of many portions of the ...
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... knowledge appropriate to the right un- derstanding of it . But was it so dark originally , to those who were addressed by the sacred writers ? How can we credit this ? The prophets were preachers in part . In- deed their main business ...
... knowledge appropriate to the right un- derstanding of it . But was it so dark originally , to those who were addressed by the sacred writers ? How can we credit this ? The prophets were preachers in part . In- deed their main business ...
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... knowledge , they would of course employ the word sun only in a sense in- telligible to them . On any other ground they could not expect to be understood . Like to this , now , must be the case in regard to pro- phetic revelation . If ...
... knowledge , they would of course employ the word sun only in a sense in- telligible to them . On any other ground they could not expect to be understood . Like to this , now , must be the case in regard to pro- phetic revelation . If ...
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... knowledge respecting them , then we are warned to in- clude all the rest within the domain of hallowed secrecy . In fact , some even lay claim to credit for piety , in such an unreserved submission , as they deem it , to the divine will ...
... knowledge respecting them , then we are warned to in- clude all the rest within the domain of hallowed secrecy . In fact , some even lay claim to credit for piety , in such an unreserved submission , as they deem it , to the divine will ...
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