Reflections on revealed and profane theology, addressed to ... lord Brougham, containing remarks on his lordship's 'Discourse of natural theology'. |
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... Divine attributes , and to those whose selfishness makes them forget not only their own real errors and wants , but also those of their fellow - creatures . I differ both with you and them in setting so much value on this thing of man's ...
... Divine attributes , and to those whose selfishness makes them forget not only their own real errors and wants , but also those of their fellow - creatures . I differ both with you and them in setting so much value on this thing of man's ...
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... . And if this good were merely temporal good , the whole aggregate of it would be evil and misery , if compared with that happiness in God , of which only they who are made partakers of a divine life are AND PROFANE THEOLOGY . 5.
... . And if this good were merely temporal good , the whole aggregate of it would be evil and misery , if compared with that happiness in God , of which only they who are made partakers of a divine life are AND PROFANE THEOLOGY . 5.
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... divine life are capable . On the other hand , were a whole nation destroyed by such accumulated miseries as attended the siege of Jerusalem , the sum total would be but trifling , if set in competition with what every person who dies in ...
... divine life are capable . On the other hand , were a whole nation destroyed by such accumulated miseries as attended the siege of Jerusalem , the sum total would be but trifling , if set in competition with what every person who dies in ...
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... Divine skill and benevolence may be heard adduced almost every where , while piety and the just fruits of such reflections are very rare . This kind of cold indifference is about equally erroneous with the scientific enthusiasm of many ...
... Divine skill and benevolence may be heard adduced almost every where , while piety and the just fruits of such reflections are very rare . This kind of cold indifference is about equally erroneous with the scientific enthusiasm of many ...
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... Divine contri- vances ; it is not from any disinclination to a reflective morality , for the knowledge derived from enquiry of this kind may be both profitable to the investigator , and available in his influence ; nor , is it out of ...
... Divine contri- vances ; it is not from any disinclination to a reflective morality , for the knowledge derived from enquiry of this kind may be both profitable to the investigator , and available in his influence ; nor , is it out of ...
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Page 101 - Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Page 76 - Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
Page 48 - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 57 - And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 38 - He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
Page 76 - More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold : sweeter also than honey and the honey-comb. Moreover by them is Thy servant warned : and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Page 75 - The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Page 48 - But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
Page 40 - My substance, was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes, did see my substance, yet being imperfect ; and, in thy book, all my members, were written, which, in continuance, were fashioned, when, as yet, there was none of them.
Page 109 - Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel : for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.