The champions of truth, or, Defenders of revelation, selected from Beattie [and others].1800 |
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... obferved , that we must believe a man to be our parent or benefactor , be- fore we can be fenfible that we owe him the duty of gratitude or filial affection . And that men's notions of all the objects of duty , of their Crea- for ...
... obferved , that we must believe a man to be our parent or benefactor , be- fore we can be fenfible that we owe him the duty of gratitude or filial affection . And that men's notions of all the objects of duty , of their Crea- for ...
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... obferved too , that the firft apoftles were men of mean condition , mean education , and mean employment , and most of them confiderably advanced in years . In the minds of fuch men we never fee the love of fame predominant ; though in ...
... obferved too , that the firft apoftles were men of mean condition , mean education , and mean employment , and most of them confiderably advanced in years . In the minds of fuch men we never fee the love of fame predominant ; though in ...
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... obferved , as every confiderate perfon muft . have done , that the growth of plants and animals , and all the other operations of nature , are progreffive and gradual . N ° . 4 . Q - The incarnation is not to us more unintelligible ...
... obferved , as every confiderate perfon muft . have done , that the growth of plants and animals , and all the other operations of nature , are progreffive and gradual . N ° . 4 . Q - The incarnation is not to us more unintelligible ...
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... obferved already , fome particulars , which in this imperfect ftate we cannot diftinctly comprehend , it would furely be reasonable to ex- pect ; fince we find , that in the other works of God there are innumerable appearances that fur ...
... obferved already , fome particulars , which in this imperfect ftate we cannot diftinctly comprehend , it would furely be reasonable to ex- pect ; fince we find , that in the other works of God there are innumerable appearances that fur ...
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... infpired ? The following ing answer to this query is fubmitted to the reader . manner . SOCRATES long ago obferved , that man had no need of fupernatural information concerning those things which his natural 142 CHAMPIONS OF TRUTH .
... infpired ? The following ing answer to this query is fubmitted to the reader . manner . SOCRATES long ago obferved , that man had no need of fupernatural information concerning those things which his natural 142 CHAMPIONS OF TRUTH .
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Page 176 - And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Page 199 - Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of •the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer...
Page 190 - Do all things without murmurings and disputings: that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
Page 184 - Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you ; and I will not be burdensome to you : for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Page 416 - From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto His disciples, how that He must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. Then Peter took Him, and began to rebuke Him, saying, Be it far from Thee, Lord: this shall not be unto Thee.
Page 183 - And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, and desired of him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
Page 180 - I more ; circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; an Hebrew of the Hebrews, as touching the law, a Pharisee, concerning zeal, persecuting the church, touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
Page 185 - For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us; for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you, neither did we eat any man's bread for nought, but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you ; not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
Page 395 - For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words ; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more...
Page 188 - Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos ; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. 13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you ? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul...