Considerations on the Theory of Religion: In Three Parts ... To which are Added, Two Discourses ... with an Appendix Concerning the Use of the Word Soul in Holy Scripture; and the State of the Dead There Described |
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... reason of those who poffeffed them ; and to be by them carefully and prudently applied to the particular exigencies of the church , and the most useful purposes of edifying : fo as to conftitute the whole a reasonable fervice . * God ...
... reason of those who poffeffed them ; and to be by them carefully and prudently applied to the particular exigencies of the church , and the most useful purposes of edifying : fo as to conftitute the whole a reasonable fervice . * God ...
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... reason neither do , nor can be required to think all alike , will not come up to his point , as it is neither true nor neceffary . " Tis falfe in many matters both of fact and reason , on which all men , that think at all , think in one ...
... reason neither do , nor can be required to think all alike , will not come up to his point , as it is neither true nor neceffary . " Tis falfe in many matters both of fact and reason , on which all men , that think at all , think in one ...
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... reason on every subject within their sphere , and worthy of their enquiry ; or if the latt intrench upon its rights by interpofing their authority in the grand affair of divine worship , beyond barely keeping up the established form ...
... reason on every subject within their sphere , and worthy of their enquiry ; or if the latt intrench upon its rights by interpofing their authority in the grand affair of divine worship , beyond barely keeping up the established form ...
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... reasons might be affigned , for either their firft rejecting , or not ftill latter , we cannot but obferve the great and general prejudice , which muft prevail in both the Indies against all Europeans , from the injuri ous treatment ...
... reasons might be affigned , for either their firft rejecting , or not ftill latter , we cannot but obferve the great and general prejudice , which muft prevail in both the Indies against all Europeans , from the injuri ous treatment ...
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... reason to affirm with some , that God takes equal delight in the various kinds of worship , which come to be established in the world ; and that a specific dif- ference in religion is , in itself , and abftractly con- fidered , equally ...
... reason to affirm with some , that God takes equal delight in the various kinds of worship , which come to be established in the world ; and that a specific dif- ference in religion is , in itself , and abftractly con- fidered , equally ...
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Page v - And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Page 369 - Scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures; and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve; after that he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
Page 377 - Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Page 391 - Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
Page 371 - Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God...
Page 371 - For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Page 390 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Page 377 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ...
Page 390 - Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: And their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, And he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
Page 386 - Verily I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.