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... Revelations , the sorceress upon the seven hills is not the Church of Rome , as is often taken for granted , but Rome itself , that bad spirit which , in its former shape , was the animating principle of the fourth monarchy . In St ...
... Revelations , the sorceress upon the seven hills is not the Church of Rome , as is often taken for granted , but Rome itself , that bad spirit which , in its former shape , was the animating principle of the fourth monarchy . In St ...
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... Revelation which has been vouchsafed to mankind ; that they cannot be historical Chris- tians if they would . They say , in the words of Chillingworth , " There are popes against popes , councils against councils , some fathers against ...
... Revelation which has been vouchsafed to mankind ; that they cannot be historical Chris- tians if they would . They say , in the words of Chillingworth , " There are popes against popes , councils against councils , some fathers against ...
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... Revelation at all , for which we have but probabi- lity to show at most , nay , to believe in the exist- ence of an intelligent Creator . " 1 1 Proph . Office , pp . 68 , 69 , ed . 2 . So much was allowed by the writer ; but then ...
... Revelation at all , for which we have but probabi- lity to show at most , nay , to believe in the exist- ence of an intelligent Creator . " 1 1 Proph . Office , pp . 68 , 69 , ed . 2 . So much was allowed by the writer ; but then ...
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... revelation ; for , the relations being known , the obligations to such internal worship are obligations of reason , arising out of those relations themselves . " Here is a development of doctrine into worship : in like manner the ...
... revelation ; for , the relations being known , the obligations to such internal worship are obligations of reason , arising out of those relations themselves . " Here is a development of doctrine into worship : in like manner the ...
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... revelation . But how totally incon- sistent with this leading principle is the account of Jesus's conception ! " Nothing can be easier , and nothing more trifling , than private determinations about " the essentials , the peculiar ...
... revelation . But how totally incon- sistent with this leading principle is the account of Jesus's conception ! " Nothing can be easier , and nothing more trifling , than private determinations about " the essentials , the peculiar ...
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Page 353 - And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true ; and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Page 343 - My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee, so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding ; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures ; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
Page 428 - Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like ? They are like unto children sitting in the market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced : we have mourned unto you, and ye have not wept.
Page 419 - And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? 3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
Page 353 - And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul; So that from his body were brought unto the sick, handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
Page 39 - In time it enters upon strange territory ; points of controversy alter their bearing ; parties rise and fall about it ; dangers and hopes appear in new relations, and old principles reappear under new forms ; it changes with them, in order to remain the same. In a higher world it is otherwise ; but here below to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often...
Page 114 - Our existence is not only successive, as it must be of necessity, but one state of our life and being is appointed by God to be a preparation for another ; and that, to be the means of attaining to another succeeding one : Infancy to childhood ; childhood to youth ; youth to mature age. Men are impatient, and for precipitating things : but the Author of nature appears deliberate throughout his operations ; accomplishing his natural ends by slow successive steps.
Page 112 - For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
Page 326 - I think there is one unerring mark of it, viz. the not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance, than the proofs it is built upon will warrant. Whoever goes beyond this measure of assent, it is plain, receives not truth in the love of it ; loves not truth for truth-sake, but for some other by-end.
Page 375 - Him, and the Son who came forth from Him and taught us these things, and the host of the other good angels who follow and are made like to Him, and the prophetic Spirit...