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... heretics , will also affect some ; and some may be induced to yield their reason
to their interest ; or suffer their understanding to be overcome by timidity , on the
false and pernicious principle , that it is better to believe too much , than too little .
... heretics , will also affect some ; and some may be induced to yield their reason
to their interest ; or suffer their understanding to be overcome by timidity , on the
false and pernicious principle , that it is better to believe too much , than too little .
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But the excellence of reason will be still more apparent , when we consider it as
the guide to truth , the rule of moral action , the only means of receiving divine
communications , and as the interpreter of the revelations of God . The desti :
nation ...
But the excellence of reason will be still more apparent , when we consider it as
the guide to truth , the rule of moral action , the only means of receiving divine
communications , and as the interpreter of the revelations of God . The desti :
nation ...
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1 It is by reason that mortals have been able to hold converse with God , and to
receive his laws . It is to man as a ra . tional being that all revelation is addressed
. It is by reason that we can judge of the evidences of our religion , understand ...
1 It is by reason that mortals have been able to hold converse with God , and to
receive his laws . It is to man as a ra . tional being that all revelation is addressed
. It is by reason that we can judge of the evidences of our religion , understand ...
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... good and evil , and regulate their conduct according to the designs of their
Maker , that all the religious truths which he may reveal will be in perfect
conformity with the knowledge which they may already possess by means of right
reason .
... good and evil , and regulate their conduct according to the designs of their
Maker , that all the religious truths which he may reveal will be in perfect
conformity with the knowledge which they may already possess by means of right
reason .
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I shall now request the attention of my audience while I attempt to illustrate the
truth , that reason and religion re . quire us to believe and act in the same manner
that reason would lead us as far in the same path which religion points out as her
...
I shall now request the attention of my audience while I attempt to illustrate the
truth , that reason and religion re . quire us to believe and act in the same manner
that reason would lead us as far in the same path which religion points out as her
...
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Seite 162 - Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see: the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Seite 164 - Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment ? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings
Seite 160 - Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and said unto him, " Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another...
Seite 166 - Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist : notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Seite 117 - Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed : 11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
Seite 110 - But if our Gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Seite 117 - But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
Seite xii - He, being made perfect in a short time, fulfilled a long time: For his soul pleased the Lord: therefore hasted he to take him away from among the wicked.
Seite xii - He pleased God, and was beloved of him: so that living among sinners he was translated. Yea, speedily was he taken away, lest that wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul.
Seite 165 - For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
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| Titel | Miscellaneous Writings of Charles Eliot: To which are Prefixed Some Notices of His Character |
| Autor/in | Charles Eliot |
| Verlag | Hilliard and Metcalf, 1814 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 14. Juni 2007 |
| Länge | 204 Seiten |
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