Dialogues on natural and revealed religion, with a preliminary inquiry, an appendix, notes and illustrations1830 |
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... revelation , are the only sentiments which are congenial with the force of reason and with the splendours of imagination . When the Dialogues which form the principal part of this volume were composed , scarcely any such attempt had ...
... revelation , are the only sentiments which are congenial with the force of reason and with the splendours of imagination . When the Dialogues which form the principal part of this volume were composed , scarcely any such attempt had ...
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... revelation . We see , in the wisest men of antiquity , this incomplete and wavering attention . At times their writings seem as if inspired by the music of the spheres itself , sounding uninterrupted in their ears , — but in the very ...
... revelation . We see , in the wisest men of antiquity , this incomplete and wavering attention . At times their writings seem as if inspired by the music of the spheres itself , sounding uninterrupted in their ears , — but in the very ...
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... I have endeavoured to show , neither more nor less than principles of natural theology . I am pleased , too , to think how strikingly these views coalesce with the great discoveries of revelation . Man PRELIMINARY INQUIRY . 67.
... I have endeavoured to show , neither more nor less than principles of natural theology . I am pleased , too , to think how strikingly these views coalesce with the great discoveries of revelation . Man PRELIMINARY INQUIRY . 67.
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Robert Morehead. views coalesce with the great discoveries of revelation . Man must be , however unconsciously , a theist in his head , —but his heart , alas ! is too commonly atheisti- cal , —and it was to bring these into unison , —to ...
Robert Morehead. views coalesce with the great discoveries of revelation . Man must be , however unconsciously , a theist in his head , —but his heart , alas ! is too commonly atheisti- cal , —and it was to bring these into unison , —to ...
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... revelation ; and as they seem to most minds to be sufficiently well grounded upon that foundation , we are apt to be indifferent about any other . Philosophers , indeed , come but too often to entertain doubts of that ground of belief ...
... revelation ; and as they seem to most minds to be sufficiently well grounded upon that foundation , we are apt to be indifferent about any other . Philosophers , indeed , come but too often to entertain doubts of that ground of belief ...
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Page 350 - And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps...
Page 273 - ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility ; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty to judge both the quick and dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen.
Page 411 - And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low : and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Page 362 - Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 435 - This belief is the necessary result of placing the mind in such circumstances. It is an operation of the soul, when we are so situated, as unavoidable as to feel the passion of love, when we receive benefits ; or hatred, when we meet with injuries. All these operations are a species of natural instincts, which no reasoning or process of the thought and understanding is able either to produce or to prevent.
Page 351 - These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
Page 343 - But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God...
Page 362 - And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?
Page 362 - And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem...
Page 426 - Whether others have this wonderful faculty of abstracting their ideas, they best can tell: for myself I find, indeed, I have a faculty of imagining, or representing to myself the ideas of those particular things I have perceived, and of variously compounding and dividing them.