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Andrews Norton. CONTENTS OF VOLUME THIRD . Theological Department . On the doctrine of necessity Morning Inquiry No. 3 . Page . An account of the controversy between Dr. Priestley , Dr. Horsley , the Monthly Reviewer , and others ...
Andrews Norton. CONTENTS OF VOLUME THIRD . Theological Department . On the doctrine of necessity Morning Inquiry No. 3 . Page . An account of the controversy between Dr. Priestley , Dr. Horsley , the Monthly Reviewer , and others ...
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... DOCTRINE OF NECESSITY . THE most difficult question in metaphysics is , whether man is a necessary agent ; that is , whether all his thoughts and actions are of necessity what they are , being parts of a chain , not one link of which he ...
... DOCTRINE OF NECESSITY . THE most difficult question in metaphysics is , whether man is a necessary agent ; that is , whether all his thoughts and actions are of necessity what they are , being parts of a chain , not one link of which he ...
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... doctrine . In the first place , those , who plead for the doctrine of ne- cessity , mean by it , not natural , but moral , necessity . This distinction is readily understood ; and it is made by the best writers on the subject . Men are ...
... doctrine . In the first place , those , who plead for the doctrine of ne- cessity , mean by it , not natural , but moral , necessity . This distinction is readily understood ; and it is made by the best writers on the subject . Men are ...
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... doctrine of necessity , whether true or not , is not taught in the sacred scriptures . Without entering into any metaphysical disquisitions , they take it for granted , and fre- quently assert in plain terms , that man is a free agent ...
... doctrine of necessity , whether true or not , is not taught in the sacred scriptures . Without entering into any metaphysical disquisitions , they take it for granted , and fre- quently assert in plain terms , that man is a free agent ...
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... doctrine of necessity . It is boldly admitted by the consistent necessarian ; and he endeavours to divest it of its ... doctrine of necessity is true : but if , on the other hand , the doctrine of freedom is a truth , that also must be ...
... doctrine of necessity . It is boldly admitted by the consistent necessarian ; and he endeavours to divest it of its ... doctrine of necessity is true : but if , on the other hand , the doctrine of freedom is a truth , that also must be ...
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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?