A treatise on the nature and causes of doubt in religious questions [by D.B. Baker].1831 - Skepticism - 192 pages |
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... effect of all , will be abundantly satisfactory to the sincere in- quirer . In the main body of the work , it is hoped that a sound and rational account is given of the causes which either indispose for , or hinder the conviction from ...
... effect of all , will be abundantly satisfactory to the sincere in- quirer . In the main body of the work , it is hoped that a sound and rational account is given of the causes which either indispose for , or hinder the conviction from ...
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... effects . This species of argument is undoubtedly valid as far as it goes ; and it is undeniable , that mil- lions have passed through time into a happy eternity , with none other than such general grounds for their convictions : it ...
... effects . This species of argument is undoubtedly valid as far as it goes ; and it is undeniable , that mil- lions have passed through time into a happy eternity , with none other than such general grounds for their convictions : it ...
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... effects upon the mind , of two species of indul- gence , not properly restrained . The late Lord Byron ( himself a melancholy * illustration , in not a few particulars , of the force of the pre- ceding observations ) has somewhere ...
... effects upon the mind , of two species of indul- gence , not properly restrained . The late Lord Byron ( himself a melancholy * illustration , in not a few particulars , of the force of the pre- ceding observations ) has somewhere ...
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... effects , in degrading and incapacitating the whole man . The passage is familiar to most ; but I cannot resist quoting it in this place : " The sacred lowe o ' weel - plac'd love Luxuriantly indulge it ; But never tempt th ' illicit ...
... effects , in degrading and incapacitating the whole man . The passage is familiar to most ; but I cannot resist quoting it in this place : " The sacred lowe o ' weel - plac'd love Luxuriantly indulge it ; But never tempt th ' illicit ...
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... effect of an excess or irregularity in those affections of our na- ture , which under proper restraints are good , would have been absurd ; though it is un- pleasing to make statements , which , if they appear true , will not be equally ...
... effect of an excess or irregularity in those affections of our na- ture , which under proper restraints are good , would have been absurd ; though it is un- pleasing to make statements , which , if they appear true , will not be equally ...
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