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... Revelation have been explained , by a large class of English and American expositors . It would be a difficult task to enumerate all the writers of the class in question , who have made their appearance before the public ; and still ...
... Revelation have been explained , by a large class of English and American expositors . It would be a difficult task to enumerate all the writers of the class in question , who have made their appearance before the public ; and still ...
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... revelation from God , provided its diction and the principles of interpreting it are to be regarded as entirely diverse from those of all other books ? What can be more rational or plain than the proposition , that when God speaks to ...
... revelation from God , provided its diction and the principles of interpreting it are to be regarded as entirely diverse from those of all other books ? What can be more rational or plain than the proposition , that when God speaks to ...
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... revelation must be intelligible , or it is no revelation . It must be made in language that men have been accustomed to use , or they have no key to it . And if it be made in such a language , then it must be interpreted by the common ...
... revelation must be intelligible , or it is no revelation . It must be made in language that men have been accustomed to use , or they have no key to it . And if it be made in such a language , then it must be interpreted by the common ...
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... revelation de novo to men , so often as they needed one , as it would be to give them special inspiration in order that they might understand what had already been communicated . Nothing then could be gained by such a Bible as the case ...
... revelation de novo to men , so often as they needed one , as it would be to give them special inspiration in order that they might understand what had already been communicated . Nothing then could be gained by such a Bible as the case ...
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... revelation , he speaks by men , and through the medium of human language , or by symbols which are equivalent to language . In either case , the object is to reveal something , or to teach something . We will suppose now that he ...
... revelation , he speaks by men , and through the medium of human language , or by symbols which are equivalent to language . In either case , the object is to reveal something , or to teach something . We will suppose now that he ...
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