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... question are specially directed , are susceptible of a plain , fair , and natural interpre- tation , and that historical facts accord with such an interpre- tation , the stumbling block that is cast in our way would seem to be removed ...
... question are specially directed , are susceptible of a plain , fair , and natural interpre- tation , and that historical facts accord with such an interpre- tation , the stumbling block that is cast in our way would seem to be removed ...
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... question , who have made their appearance before the public ; and still more difficult , to make out even a sketch of all their peculiar and in some respects ever varying inter- pretations . It is no part of my present design to attempt ...
... question , who have made their appearance before the public ; and still more difficult , to make out even a sketch of all their peculiar and in some respects ever varying inter- pretations . It is no part of my present design to attempt ...
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... have overstated the confidence that has been felt and exhibited as to the principles in question , it is not from design . I have stated merely the impression that has been made on my own mind , by the perusal of INTRODUCTION .
... have overstated the confidence that has been felt and exhibited as to the principles in question , it is not from design . I have stated merely the impression that has been made on my own mind , by the perusal of INTRODUCTION .
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... question a mode of interpretation so generally admitted , and which has so long been current among us ? Lawful , I think , it may be ; for the Scriptures have prescribed to us none of the rules which lead to such interpretations as ...
... question a mode of interpretation so generally admitted , and which has so long been current among us ? Lawful , I think , it may be ; for the Scriptures have prescribed to us none of the rules which lead to such interpretations as ...
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... question , as above proposed , is , whether we are to regard the position , that " there are many occult passages in the prophecies , which are preg- nant with a double meaning , " as a position founded in the common - sense principles ...
... question , as above proposed , is , whether we are to regard the position , that " there are many occult passages in the prophecies , which are preg- nant with a double meaning , " as a position founded in the common - sense principles ...
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