A treatise on the nature and causes of doubt in religious questions [by D.B. Baker].1831 - Skepticism - 192 pages |
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... considered and prescribed for . It would indeed be an overwhelming pre- sumption against the truth of any proposed revelation , if it imposed this on us all : the posture of mind , which is the object of this treatise , can only be that ...
... considered and prescribed for . It would indeed be an overwhelming pre- sumption against the truth of any proposed revelation , if it imposed this on us all : the posture of mind , which is the object of this treatise , can only be that ...
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... considered as relative only to beings of limited capacities ; but to us , proba- bility is the very guide of life . " * From these things it follows , that in questions of difficulty , " In the economy of human life , we act almost en ...
... considered as relative only to beings of limited capacities ; but to us , proba- bility is the very guide of life . " * From these things it follows , that in questions of difficulty , " In the economy of human life , we act almost en ...
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... considered as ex- tending beyond the simple acknowledgment of a supreme moral administrator of the uni- verse , seem to demand a conduct as pure and guarded and circumspect as Christianity . If the fear of ridicule keeps a man back from ...
... considered as ex- tending beyond the simple acknowledgment of a supreme moral administrator of the uni- verse , seem to demand a conduct as pure and guarded and circumspect as Christianity . If the fear of ridicule keeps a man back from ...
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... considered as ex- tending beyond the simple acknowledgment of a supreme moral administrator of the uni- verse , seem to demand a conduct as pure and guarded and circumspect as Christianity . If the fear of ridicule keeps a man back from ...
... considered as ex- tending beyond the simple acknowledgment of a supreme moral administrator of the uni- verse , seem to demand a conduct as pure and guarded and circumspect as Christianity . If the fear of ridicule keeps a man back from ...
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... considered in Locke's " Reasonableness of Christianity , " p . 103 , vol . iv . Watson's Collection of Tracts . Burnet's " Account of Lord Rochester , " p . 42 , Bayne's ed . 1820 . These two passages from Locke and Burnet , are given ...
... considered in Locke's " Reasonableness of Christianity , " p . 103 , vol . iv . Watson's Collection of Tracts . Burnet's " Account of Lord Rochester , " p . 42 , Bayne's ed . 1820 . These two passages from Locke and Burnet , are given ...
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