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 64
... spirit , in which such men approach the subject , is the most hope- less imaginable , for the calm , disinterested weighing of the evidence of probability . Without supposing any of those hindrances , discussed under the first head of ...
... spirit , in which such men approach the subject , is the most hope- less imaginable , for the calm , disinterested weighing of the evidence of probability . Without supposing any of those hindrances , discussed under the first head of ...
Page 65
... spirits , as acute in their investigation of divine things as of the world of nature ; if this chief dictate , of the most elementary views of sacred obliga- tions ( of any thing short of Atheism ) , be not sedulously attended to ; if ...
... spirits , as acute in their investigation of divine things as of the world of nature ; if this chief dictate , of the most elementary views of sacred obliga- tions ( of any thing short of Atheism ) , be not sedulously attended to ; if ...
Page 68
... spirit of witticism and levity on these subjects , that it is utterly im- possible for a reflecting person to give them credit for any sincerity in their religious pro- fession ; or , expect otherwise , on a minuter inquiry , than , to ...
... spirit of witticism and levity on these subjects , that it is utterly im- possible for a reflecting person to give them credit for any sincerity in their religious pro- fession ; or , expect otherwise , on a minuter inquiry , than , to ...
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... spirit himself , such as we conceive him to be - loving nothing , honouring nothing , feeling neither the enthu- siasm of religion nor of praise ; but striving to debase all that is excellent , and degrade all that is noble and ...
... spirit himself , such as we conceive him to be - loving nothing , honouring nothing , feeling neither the enthu- siasm of religion nor of praise ; but striving to debase all that is excellent , and degrade all that is noble and ...
Page 74
... , with his appetites in tolerable subjection , of an humble and serious and devotional spirit towards God , must expect the same . Some who profess and call themselves Christians richly deserve , by the extravagancies 74 RELIGIOUS DOUBT .
... , with his appetites in tolerable subjection , of an humble and serious and devotional spirit towards God , must expect the same . Some who profess and call themselves Christians richly deserve , by the extravagancies 74 RELIGIOUS DOUBT .
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