The Consistency of the Whole Scheme of Revelation with Itself and with Human Reason |
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... seems to involve as altogether in- admissible until we have cautiously balanced it against that contradictory dogma which , in case of its rejection , we shall be obliged to substitute in its place . It is surely , however , no breach ...
... seems to involve as altogether in- admissible until we have cautiously balanced it against that contradictory dogma which , in case of its rejection , we shall be obliged to substitute in its place . It is surely , however , no breach ...
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... nature would seem to be more completely established by experience than that contained in the Scriptural aphorism , that the heart of man is evil from his youth . This evil tendency is conspicuous , 14 CONSISTENCY OF REVELATION.
... nature would seem to be more completely established by experience than that contained in the Scriptural aphorism , that the heart of man is evil from his youth . This evil tendency is conspicuous , 14 CONSISTENCY OF REVELATION.
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... seem , then , that a communication from heaven , so far from being intrinsically improbable , is , on the contrary , what we might appear to have strong à priori reason for expecting from the mercy of Providence ; whilst all that ...
... seem , then , that a communication from heaven , so far from being intrinsically improbable , is , on the contrary , what we might appear to have strong à priori reason for expecting from the mercy of Providence ; whilst all that ...
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... seems natural and just . But that they should assume a degree of merit in traducing the most single- minded and self - denying of all practical rules of con- duct , and that they should coalesce for the purpose of bringing into ...
... seems natural and just . But that they should assume a degree of merit in traducing the most single- minded and self - denying of all practical rules of con- duct , and that they should coalesce for the purpose of bringing into ...
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... seems to apply rather to the study of religion in general than to that of the Christian revelation exclusively . But it should be remembered , that if we once give up the theory of a direct revelation , and leave each person to the ...
... seems to apply rather to the study of religion in general than to that of the Christian revelation exclusively . But it should be remembered , that if we once give up the theory of a direct revelation , and leave each person to the ...
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Page 89 - Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves ; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female...
Page 142 - Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: he shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best : thou shalt not oppress him.
Page 89 - And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day...
Page 90 - Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself : I am the LORD.
Page 89 - Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
Page 60 - And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil ; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree -of life, and eat, and live for ever...
Page 141 - And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish ; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. 27 And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
Page 91 - ... When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
Page 244 - They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
Page 90 - And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard ? thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger : I am the LORD your God.