A treatise on the nature and causes of doubt in religious questions [by D.B. Baker].1831 - Skepticism - 192 pages |
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... practice , will lay us under an absolute and formal obligation , in point of prudence and of interest , to act upon that presumption or low probability , though it be so low as to leave the mind in very great doubt which is the truth ...
... practice , will lay us under an absolute and formal obligation , in point of prudence and of interest , to act upon that presumption or low probability , though it be so low as to leave the mind in very great doubt which is the truth ...
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... practice . From these things it must follow , that doubt- ing concerning religion , implies such a degree of evidence for it , as joined , with the consi- deration of its importance , unquestionably lays men under the obligations before ...
... practice . From these things it must follow , that doubt- ing concerning religion , implies such a degree of evidence for it , as joined , with the consi- deration of its importance , unquestionably lays men under the obligations before ...
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... men's eyes to every degree of new light which may be had , from whatever side it comes , and induce them to refrain , in the mean time , from all immoralities , and live in the conscientious practice of 38 RELIGIOUS DOUBT .
... men's eyes to every degree of new light which may be had , from whatever side it comes , and induce them to refrain , in the mean time , from all immoralities , and live in the conscientious practice of 38 RELIGIOUS DOUBT .
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David Bristow Baker. all immoralities , and live in the conscientious practice of every common virtue . " With such reflections I conclude this chap- ter , and with it the first division of the Causes of Religious Doubt . This first ...
David Bristow Baker. all immoralities , and live in the conscientious practice of every common virtue . " With such reflections I conclude this chap- ter , and with it the first division of the Causes of Religious Doubt . This first ...
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... practice here described , from the very nature of the sin and " hazard of concealing , " harden , all within , and petrify the feelings , against the force of the most conclusive arguments which Deity can afford or man propound . I have ...
... practice here described , from the very nature of the sin and " hazard of concealing , " harden , all within , and petrify the feelings , against the force of the most conclusive arguments which Deity can afford or man propound . I have ...
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