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... defend , and which has been the occasion of so much sin and misery , of so much bitter animosity and merciless persecu- tion , was , according to Dr. Priestley , a mere fiction of the Pla- tonic school of Alexandria , the mother of the ...
... defend , and which has been the occasion of so much sin and misery , of so much bitter animosity and merciless persecu- tion , was , according to Dr. Priestley , a mere fiction of the Pla- tonic school of Alexandria , the mother of the ...
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... defend the mystery of the trinity . " I might proceed in quoting the similar mention which Brucker makes of other Fathers , particularly Clemens Al- exandrinus and Origen ; but it is unnecessary after the speci- mens I have given . The ...
... defend the mystery of the trinity . " I might proceed in quoting the similar mention which Brucker makes of other Fathers , particularly Clemens Al- exandrinus and Origen ; but it is unnecessary after the speci- mens I have given . The ...
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... defended . On this subject I quote the words of Dr. Horsley . " It must be acknowledged , " he says , " that the first converts from the Pla- tonic school , took advantage of the resemblance between the Evangelic and the Platonic ...
... defended . On this subject I quote the words of Dr. Horsley . " It must be acknowledged , " he says , " that the first converts from the Pla- tonic school , took advantage of the resemblance between the Evangelic and the Platonic ...
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... defending it by arguments drawn from this philosophy . He however , in opposition to Dr. Hors ley , supposes , as I have before mentioned , that they did not teach the orthodox doctrine ; but had corrupted this by the in troduction of ...
... defending it by arguments drawn from this philosophy . He however , in opposition to Dr. Hors ley , supposes , as I have before mentioned , that they did not teach the orthodox doctrine ; but had corrupted this by the in troduction of ...
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... defending the doctrine of the trinity , another circumstance , which shews that this doctrine might have been derived from the philosophy of Plato , is the fact that a very near approach was made to it , and opinions very similar to it ...
... defending the doctrine of the trinity , another circumstance , which shews that this doctrine might have been derived from the philosophy of Plato , is the fact that a very near approach was made to it , and opinions very similar to it ...
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Page 203 - IX. 0 how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of heaven, O how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ! X.
Page 11 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at ; but now commandeth all men every where to repent : because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained ; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Page 1 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate— Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute — And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Page 104 - WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one Talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He returning chide, "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?
Page 236 - Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said ye are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken ; Say ye of him whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God ? If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
Page 238 - ... who, being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high ; being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Page 11 - God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands...
Page 236 - Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? 33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
Page 123 - As I was within that distance at which, in the quickest firing, I could have lodged half a dozen balls in or about him, before he was out of my reach, I had only to determine, but it was not pleasant to fire at the back of an unoffending individual, who was acquitting himself very coolly of his duty ; so I let him alone.
Page 349 - Do you believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice ? 2. Do you sincerely receive and adopt the confession of faith of this church, as containing the system of doctrine taught in the Holy Scriptures?