 | China - 1833 - 530 pages
...the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament ; therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its Author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter." Sir William Jones. — The following words were written with his own hand in... | |
 | Ebenezer E. Lewis - Hymns, English - 1917 - 168 pages
...Daniel Webster said he read the Bible through every year to improve his own diction, adding: ''But it has God for its author, salvation for its end and truth without any admixture of error for its matter." ^ HYMN may be great in itself and yet be more fully appreciated... | |
 | Charles Hillman Fountain - Baptists - 1921 - 78 pages
...interpreted, is our rule of faith and practice, because, in the words of the New Hampshire Confession, it has "God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture of error for its matter"? Or could they not have said they taught the so-called "modern" view that the... | |
 | William Bell Riley - Bible and science - 1926 - 282 pages
...Bible was written by men Divinely inspired, and is a perfect treasure of heavenly instruction ; that it has God for its Author, salvation for its end, and truth without any admixture of error, for its matter ; that it reveals the principles by which God will judge us, and... | |
 | 2003 - 264 pages
...characteristic Puritan reverence for the inspired word of God. He accepted the Bible as absolutely infallible. ' It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture of error for its matter.' Yet Locke, unlike many Puritans, recognized that the authority of Scripture... | |
 | William Oland Bourne - African Americans - 1870 - 834 pages
...allow our children n place where they can learn to read that Book which, as the great Mr. Locke says, has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture of error for its mattter, we will not complain of any other exclusion he may insist upon in the matter.... | |
 | George Wolfgang Forell - Religion - 1975 - 324 pages
...Bible was written by men divinely inspired, and is a perfect treasure of heavenly instruction; that it has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture of error for its matter; that it reveals the principles by which God will judge us; and therefore is,... | |
 | John H. Leith - Religion - 1982 - 760 pages
...Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is a perfect treasure of heavenly instruction; that it has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter; that it reveals the principles by which God will judge us; and therefore is,... | |
 | Stanley J. Grenz - Religion - 2002 - 136 pages
...Bible was written by men divinely inspired, and is a perfect treasure of heavenly instruction; that it has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter; that it reveals the principles by which God will judge us; and therefore is,... | |
 | Church of England. Church Pastoral Aid Society - 1858 - 490 pages
...here to testify our reverence, not for a book, but for the Book ; our reverence for that Book which has God for its Author, salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture of error for its contents ; our reverence for that Book which does not merely contain the revelation of... | |
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Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its Author ; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter. 
