A treatise on the nature and causes of doubt in religious questions [by D.B. Baker].1831 - Skepticism - 192 pages |
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... force his mind into trains of remi- niscence , which , if he had consulted his own happiness solely , he would willingly have forgone ; he consoles himself with the reflec- tion , that the pain is over when he sends this humble ...
... force his mind into trains of remi- niscence , which , if he had consulted his own happiness solely , he would willingly have forgone ; he consoles himself with the reflec- tion , that the pain is over when he sends this humble ...
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... soul , - that , it is altogether unreasonable , to expect to see the force and consequences of them , with any clearness or strength of persuasion , without a most careful guard on every thing which is RELIGIOUS DOUBT . 43.
... soul , - that , it is altogether unreasonable , to expect to see the force and consequences of them , with any clearness or strength of persuasion , without a most careful guard on every thing which is RELIGIOUS DOUBT . 43.
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... force of argument only . But it is well said by Mr. Wilberforce , when speaking of religion , " Man is not a being of mere in- tellect : Video meliora proboque ; deteriora sequor , ' is a complaint which , alas ! we might all of us ...
... force of argument only . But it is well said by Mr. Wilberforce , when speaking of religion , " Man is not a being of mere in- tellect : Video meliora proboque ; deteriora sequor , ' is a complaint which , alas ! we might all of us ...
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... force of the pre- ceding observations ) has somewhere loosely remarked , " one of the two , according to your choice , woman or wine , you'll have to under- go . " And this is to a certain degree true , of most , for whom I write ; but ...
... force of the pre- ceding observations ) has somewhere loosely remarked , " one of the two , according to your choice , woman or wine , you'll have to under- go . " And this is to a certain degree true , of most , for whom I write ; but ...
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... force of the most conclusive arguments which Deity can afford or man propound . I have conversed with multitudes of persons in a situation to give a just opinion , and have ever found , that precisely in the same ratio as , emerging ...
... force of the most conclusive arguments which Deity can afford or man propound . I have conversed with multitudes of persons in a situation to give a just opinion , and have ever found , that precisely in the same ratio as , emerging ...
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