A treatise on the nature and causes of doubt in religious questions [by D.B. Baker].1831 - Skepticism - 192 pages |
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Page vi
... conviction ; yet , it is his present in- tention to discuss neither its evidences , its doctrines , its sanctions , nor any duties which are peculiar to it . What he earnestly desires is , rather , to act as pioneer through the various ...
... conviction ; yet , it is his present in- tention to discuss neither its evidences , its doctrines , its sanctions , nor any duties which are peculiar to it . What he earnestly desires is , rather , to act as pioneer through the various ...
Page ix
... conviction from , an examination of that evidence , which , notwithstanding all its at- tendant difficulties , has been deemed conclu- sive by such multitudes of the acutest , the best , and wisest . In the Appendix , will be found a ...
... conviction from , an examination of that evidence , which , notwithstanding all its at- tendant difficulties , has been deemed conclu- sive by such multitudes of the acutest , the best , and wisest . In the Appendix , will be found a ...
Page x
... conviction and increased enjoyment to some of the most interesting of his fellow creatures . He lays claim to no originality whatever . He is aware that this species of composition is the humblest of its kind . He has freely used every ...
... conviction and increased enjoyment to some of the most interesting of his fellow creatures . He lays claim to no originality whatever . He is aware that this species of composition is the humblest of its kind . He has freely used every ...
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... conviction prepared by examination . But , any man accustomed to observe the workings of the mind , will agree , that conviction , in intricate moral questions , comes finally in the shape of internal feeling . A perception perfectly ...
... conviction prepared by examination . But , any man accustomed to observe the workings of the mind , will agree , that conviction , in intricate moral questions , comes finally in the shape of internal feeling . A perception perfectly ...
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... conviction each person ought to feel , upon every point which they propose . Faith , is not sight , to however high a degree it may attain . The Scriptures never assert it to be so ; though some intemperate expounders have seemed to ...
... conviction each person ought to feel , upon every point which they propose . Faith , is not sight , to however high a degree it may attain . The Scriptures never assert it to be so ; though some intemperate expounders have seemed to ...
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