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 vi
... arguments which are peculiar to that revelation . Though he him- self firmly believes it , and while he owns that it is his ulterior object to lead his readers to a similar conviction ; yet , it is his present in- tention to discuss ...
... arguments which are peculiar to that revelation . Though he him- self firmly believes it , and while he owns that it is his ulterior object to lead his readers to a similar conviction ; yet , it is his present in- tention to discuss ...
Page ix
... argument , or which seemed to require a separate and fuller dis- cussion than would have been there proper . Lists of Books will be also given there for the further prosecution of the chief points . And an Index will be subjoined ...
... argument , or which seemed to require a separate and fuller dis- cussion than would have been there proper . Lists of Books will be also given there for the further prosecution of the chief points . And an Index will be subjoined ...
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... arguments which can employ human reason , to overlook the irresistible evidence which was placed before their eyes , in search of another mode of proof , altogether unattain- able in moral inquiries , and which , if it could be attained ...
... arguments which can employ human reason , to overlook the irresistible evidence which was placed before their eyes , in search of another mode of proof , altogether unattain- able in moral inquiries , and which , if it could be attained ...
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... arguments which were awaiting them in the second grand partition ; and to which , a more experienced hand might at once have directed them , to the unspeakable relief of their heartfelt and perplexing difficulties . Without producing ...
... arguments which were awaiting them in the second grand partition ; and to which , a more experienced hand might at once have directed them , to the unspeakable relief of their heartfelt and perplexing difficulties . Without producing ...
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... argument against it , should be put upon considering , what that evidence is which they act upon with regard to their temporal interests . Numberless in- stances there are , in the daily course of life , in which all men think it ...
... argument against it , should be put upon considering , what that evidence is which they act upon with regard to their temporal interests . Numberless in- stances there are , in the daily course of life , in which all men think it ...
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