The semi-sceptic; or, The common sense of religion considered |
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... living from it . We may rest assured there is enough in it , and more than enough , to call for our utmost exertion . Viewed as a general study , it may be easy to acquire a knowledge of the practical duties of religion , yet we shall ...
... living from it . We may rest assured there is enough in it , and more than enough , to call for our utmost exertion . Viewed as a general study , it may be easy to acquire a knowledge of the practical duties of religion , yet we shall ...
Page 47
... used as the breath of living creatures , so this con- tamination is effaced and another produced by the discharge of its functions with regard to vegetable beings . Both absorb their active principle from the GOOD AND EVIL . 47.
... used as the breath of living creatures , so this con- tamination is effaced and another produced by the discharge of its functions with regard to vegetable beings . Both absorb their active principle from the GOOD AND EVIL . 47.
Page 66
... living has capacity enough to see that there is an infinite distinction between the human powers of understanding and those of almighty knowledge itself . Every man may conceive there may possibly be circumstances in existence , of ...
... living has capacity enough to see that there is an infinite distinction between the human powers of understanding and those of almighty knowledge itself . Every man may conceive there may possibly be circumstances in existence , of ...
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... living at the time when it first came out , says in his memoirs , If this book did us ( himself and his companions ) any harm , it was by inspiring us with a cordial aversion for all philosophy , and particularly for metaphysics : " he ...
... living at the time when it first came out , says in his memoirs , If this book did us ( himself and his companions ) any harm , it was by inspiring us with a cordial aversion for all philosophy , and particularly for metaphysics : " he ...
Page 92
... living in the nineteenth century , and have the benefit of all the previous inquiries that have so often and so perseveringly been made upon this subject ; no very signal triumph has been as yet achieved on either side by unassisted ...
... living in the nineteenth century , and have the benefit of all the previous inquiries that have so often and so perseveringly been made upon this subject ; no very signal triumph has been as yet achieved on either side by unassisted ...
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Page 80 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily , therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Page 289 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 36 - And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
Page 267 - THAT which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled of the word of life ; (for the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal life which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us...
Page 290 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Page 151 - There wanted yet the master-work, the end Of all yet done; a creature, who, not prone • And brute as other creatures, but endued With sanctity of reason, might erect His stature, and upright with front serene Govern the rest, self-knowing; and from thence Magnanimous to correspond with Heaven...
Page 43 - Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man ? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me...
Page 37 - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Page 322 - European friends, that the superstitious practices which deform the Hindoo religion have nothing to do with the pure spirit of its dictates!
Page 289 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth : and it was so.