The Connection of Natural and Revealed Theology: Being an Attempt to Illustrate the Evidences and Doctrines of Christianity by Their Relation to the Inductive Philosophy of the Human Mind ...T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1818 - 575 páginas |
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... opinions ? SECT . XIV . — Is it not possible that some evil beings have tempted man to disobey his maker ? Are not superior talents often perverted to the purposes of allurement to vice ? Would not the consequences be very tremendous of ...
... opinions ? SECT . XIV . — Is it not possible that some evil beings have tempted man to disobey his maker ? Are not superior talents often perverted to the purposes of allurement to vice ? Would not the consequences be very tremendous of ...
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... opinion respecting the creation of the world ? Did not all the antients assert the eternity of mat- ter ? SECT . VII . Is there not some credibility derived to Christianity from its connection with an account of our creation in a state ...
... opinion respecting the creation of the world ? Did not all the antients assert the eternity of mat- ter ? SECT . VII . Is there not some credibility derived to Christianity from its connection with an account of our creation in a state ...
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... opinion that neither these marks of wisdom and design , nor the duties which result from them would have been discoverable without the aid of a Divine Revelation , whilst others may be disposed to attribute something more to the native ...
... opinion that neither these marks of wisdom and design , nor the duties which result from them would have been discoverable without the aid of a Divine Revelation , whilst others may be disposed to attribute something more to the native ...
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... opinions of the ancient philosophers or of some modern unbe- lievers in Christianity ; or which is not fairly deducible from the principles of rational theism . From such facts , we have argued first as to the presumptions in favour of ...
... opinions of the ancient philosophers or of some modern unbe- lievers in Christianity ; or which is not fairly deducible from the principles of rational theism . From such facts , we have argued first as to the presumptions in favour of ...
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... opinions of quite an opposite description . Every presumptive argument to show the truth of Christianity from its agreement with the sentiments of right reason , be- came also an evidence of its wisdom , and consequently an evidence ...
... opinions of quite an opposite description . Every presumptive argument to show the truth of Christianity from its agreement with the sentiments of right reason , be- came also an evidence of its wisdom , and consequently an evidence ...
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Página 496 - If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father: and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world,
Página 324 - Put on, therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering ; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man hath a quarrel against any : even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Página 432 - ... the main business of natural philosophy is to argue from phenomena without feigning hypotheses and to deduce causes from effects, till we come to the very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical; and not only to unfold the mechanism of the world, but chiefly to resolve these and suchlike questions.
Página 122 - The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.
Página 308 - He that for giving a draught of water to a thirsty person should expect to be paid with a good plantation, would be modest in his demands compared with those who think they deserve Heaven for the little good they do on earth.
Página 235 - Man, when about to appear before a being of infinite perfection, can feel but little confidence in his own merit, or in the imperfect propriety of his own conduct. In the presence of his...
Página 419 - ... required of any one than what might have been equitably expected of him, from the circumstances in which he was placed, and not what might have been expected had he been placed in other circumstances...
Página 106 - God give us new faculties to sit in judgment upon the old ; and the reason why Des Cartes satisfied himself with so weak an argument for the truth of his faculties, most probably was, that he never seriously doubted of it. If any truth can be said to be prior to all others in the order of nature, this seems to have the best claim ; because in every instance of assent, whether upon intuitive, demonstrative, or probable evidence, the truth of our faculties is taken for granted, and is, as it were,...
Página 235 - In the presence of his fellow creatures, he may often justly elevate himself, and may often have reason to think highly of his own character and conduct, compared to the still greater imperfection of theirs. But the case is quite different when about to appear before his infinite Creator. To such a being he can...
Página 432 - What is there in places almost empty of matter, and whence is it that the sun and planets gravitate towards one another, without dense matter between them ? Whence is it that nature doth nothing in vain; and whence arises all that order and beauty which we see in the world?