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... writers , unless those mistakes are unavoida- bly connected with the expressions of those writers ; and finally , that when men , ill - informed or ignorant of the true nature of scriptural language , misinterpret or pervert it , it can ...
... writers , unless those mistakes are unavoida- bly connected with the expressions of those writers ; and finally , that when men , ill - informed or ignorant of the true nature of scriptural language , misinterpret or pervert it , it can ...
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... writers of the class in 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 ...
... writers of the class in 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 ...
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... writer's discourse , when he plainly and obviously presents but one , is so great , that but little danger to the churches can ever arise from such an error . It is so plainly a trespass against the laws of our nature as to the ...
... writer's discourse , when he plainly and obviously presents but one , is so great , that but little danger to the churches can ever arise from such an error . It is so plainly a trespass against the laws of our nature as to the ...
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... writers are to be compared to the authors of riddles , conun- drums , enigmas , and ambiguous heathen oracles . How then can we prescribe a rule of interpretation , and apply this rule to the Scriptures , when we are constrained to ...
... writers are to be compared to the authors of riddles , conun- drums , enigmas , and ambiguous heathen oracles . How then can we prescribe a rule of interpretation , and apply this rule to the Scriptures , when we are constrained to ...
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... writers , and aver , that whatever diffi- culties may be made out on the grounds of hermeneutical science , as applicable to writings merely of human origin , yet it is clear that the Evangelists and other writers of the New Testament ...
... writers , and aver , that whatever diffi- culties may be made out on the grounds of hermeneutical science , as applicable to writings merely of human origin , yet it is clear that the Evangelists and other writers of the New Testament ...
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