Christian Philosophy: Or, An Attempt to Display by Internal Testimony, the Evidence and Excellence of Revealed Religion. With an Appendix, on Mr. Paine's Pamphlet, on Prayer, Etc. ... |
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... Faith could not be criminal , if it de- pended only on the Understanding ; but Faith is a Virtue , because it originates from virtuous Disposi- tions favoured by the Holy Spirit . 121 123 127 XXX . Of the scriptural Word " UNCTION ...
... Faith could not be criminal , if it de- pended only on the Understanding ; but Faith is a Virtue , because it originates from virtuous Disposi- tions favoured by the Holy Spirit . 121 123 127 XXX . Of the scriptural Word " UNCTION ...
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... be confined in their ef- fects to sequestered scholars , far removed from the active world , and probably so firmly settled in the faith , as to require no new persuasives , no additional proofs 16 CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY .
... be confined in their ef- fects to sequestered scholars , far removed from the active world , and probably so firmly settled in the faith , as to require no new persuasives , no additional proofs 16 CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY .
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... faith was firmly established . Such conduct is like that of a physician , who should administer doses of arsenic to his patients , in order to prove to them , at their risk , the sovereign power of his nostrum . The venom , finding a ...
... faith was firmly established . Such conduct is like that of a physician , who should administer doses of arsenic to his patients , in order to prove to them , at their risk , the sovereign power of his nostrum . The venom , finding a ...
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... faith which are necessary to their salvation ? But every human being is capable of the evidence which arises from the divine illumination . It is offered to all . And they who reject it , and seek only the evi- dence which human means ...
... faith which are necessary to their salvation ? But every human being is capable of the evidence which arises from the divine illumination . It is offered to all . And they who reject it , and seek only the evi- dence which human means ...
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... FAITH , having no regard to wordly and sinister motives , but faithfully endeavouring to lead those , over whom they were appointed guides , by the radiance of gospel light , from the shadowy mazes of error into the pleasant paths of ...
... FAITH , having no regard to wordly and sinister motives , but faithfully endeavouring to lead those , over whom they were appointed guides , by the radiance of gospel light , from the shadowy mazes of error into the pleasant paths of ...
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Page 325 - Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom ; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Page 107 - ... that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him; the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints...
Page 290 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 203 - Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish : for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
Page 130 - But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Page 312 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire.
Page 261 - God, who hast vouchsafed to regenerate these Thy servants by water and the Holy Ghost, and hast given unto them forgiveness of all their sins ; strengthen them, we beseech Thee, O Lord, with the Holy Ghost the Comforter, and daily increase in them Thy manifold gifts of grace...
Page 188 - But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world unto our glory.
Page 207 - But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Page v - Jews ; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law...