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... passages , which have of late years been the subject of frequent and animated discussion , is made in the following pages . To write a large volume on such topics would be comparatively easy ; to select , combine , and exhibit matter ...
... passages , which have of late years been the subject of frequent and animated discussion , is made in the following pages . To write a large volume on such topics would be comparatively easy ; to select , combine , and exhibit matter ...
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... passages in the prophecies , which are preg- nant with a double meaning , " as a position founded in the common - sense principles and usages of mankind as to the interpretation of language ? On this question I shall now proceed to make ...
... passages in the prophecies , which are preg- nant with a double meaning , " as a position founded in the common - sense principles and usages of mankind as to the interpretation of language ? On this question I shall now proceed to make ...
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... passage of Scripture a literal , ob- vious , historical sense , and interpret it as conveying the meaning which its words naturally and obviously seem to convey , and yet at the same time ascribe to these same words another meaning ...
... passage of Scripture a literal , ob- vious , historical sense , and interpret it as conveying the meaning which its words naturally and obviously seem to convey , and yet at the same time ascribe to these same words another meaning ...
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... passages of the Old Testament ; there have been such in days that are past ; but , as I have already said , it is doing such violence against the first principles of our reason as to the interpretation of language , that little or no ...
... passages of the Old Testament ; there have been such in days that are past ; but , as I have already said , it is doing such violence against the first principles of our reason as to the interpretation of language , that little or no ...
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... passages of Scripture as are supposed to relate to the new dispensation , that has been the usual and prevalent one among those who defend the vnóvoia or occult sense . This then , at least , must be briefly examined . The first and ...
... passages of Scripture as are supposed to relate to the new dispensation , that has been the usual and prevalent one among those who defend the vnóvoia or occult sense . This then , at least , must be briefly examined . The first and ...
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