The Consistency of the Whole Scheme of Revelation with Itself and with Human Reason |
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... true one which really accords with those acknowledged facts in the physical and moral universe , which are established by positive experiment , it necessarily follows , that the true course for arriving at a correct system of belief ...
... true one which really accords with those acknowledged facts in the physical and moral universe , which are established by positive experiment , it necessarily follows , that the true course for arriving at a correct system of belief ...
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... true religion . That which has reference to the system of the whole universe and to the essential attributes of the Almighty mind itself , is obviously incapable of being measured by the mere hu- man 2 * WITH HUMAN REASON . 17.
... true religion . That which has reference to the system of the whole universe and to the essential attributes of the Almighty mind itself , is obviously incapable of being measured by the mere hu- man 2 * WITH HUMAN REASON . 17.
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... true , and all the rest , so far as they do not consti- tute an integral portion of it , must be necessarily false . But how are we to arrive at the knowledge what that one and exclusive modification of religion is ? This is an inquiry ...
... true , and all the rest , so far as they do not consti- tute an integral portion of it , must be necessarily false . But how are we to arrive at the knowledge what that one and exclusive modification of religion is ? This is an inquiry ...
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... true religion neces- sarily involves that of " an express revelation from heaven ; " no natural operation of the mind of man being capable of making him acquainted with those phenomena of the invisible universe in which , not ...
... true religion neces- sarily involves that of " an express revelation from heaven ; " no natural operation of the mind of man being capable of making him acquainted with those phenomena of the invisible universe in which , not ...
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... true one , the principles of which are unequivocally op- posed to that faculty . Many revealed dogmas might , and undoubtedly would , be found above its apprehen- sion and that of our intellectual powers , but none would be directly ...
... true one , the principles of which are unequivocally op- posed to that faculty . Many revealed dogmas might , and undoubtedly would , be found above its apprehen- sion and that of our intellectual powers , but none would be directly ...
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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.