The Quarterly Christian SpectatorA. H. Maltby, 1835 - Theology |
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... supposed , that we speak of these things as indica- tions of the actual progress of religion in the world . These poli- tical changes have no importance in the eye of the christian , except as they remove out of the way , old obstacles ...
... supposed , that we speak of these things as indica- tions of the actual progress of religion in the world . These poli- tical changes have no importance in the eye of the christian , except as they remove out of the way , old obstacles ...
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... supposed to be occupied only with fictions of poetry or prose . It has been plausibly sug- gested , that in all such cases , the connection in which these words are found , might itself serve in place of a definition ; though the ...
... supposed to be occupied only with fictions of poetry or prose . It has been plausibly sug- gested , that in all such cases , the connection in which these words are found , might itself serve in place of a definition ; though the ...
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... supposed real . We advert with some em- phasis to this subject , since it relates to a department in which English literature is strikingly deficient , though its cultivation might be of practical advantage . With regard to the ...
... supposed real . We advert with some em- phasis to this subject , since it relates to a department in which English literature is strikingly deficient , though its cultivation might be of practical advantage . With regard to the ...
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... supposed to prove or to justify parity , it must be very explicit , to overturn the suggestion of common sense . The " presumptive argu- ment , " then , is clearly with us , and the " burden of proof " lies on pa- rity . Let the ...
... supposed to prove or to justify parity , it must be very explicit , to overturn the suggestion of common sense . The " presumptive argu- ment , " then , is clearly with us , and the " burden of proof " lies on pa- rity . Let the ...
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... supposed necessity of having any such previously ascertained basis , in order to a just interpretation of the oracles of God . We object wholly to the doctrine , that the scriptures are to be interpreted by historical facts to be ...
... supposed necessity of having any such previously ascertained basis , in order to a just interpretation of the oracles of God . We object wholly to the doctrine , that the scriptures are to be interpreted by historical facts to be ...
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Page 585 - Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Page 380 - What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: 23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, 24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
Page 60 - Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
Page 386 - And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation ; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you ; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other Scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Page 211 - What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. Behold, all souls are mine ; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Page 539 - The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: 10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government.
Page 208 - Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes : and some of them ye shall kill and crucify ; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city...
Page 202 - Withhold not correction from the child : for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
Page 90 - It being that term which, I think, serves best to stand for whatsoever is the object of the understanding when a man thinks, I have used it to express whatever is meant by phantasm, notion, species, or whatever it is which the mind can be employed about in thinking...
Page 204 - For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. He taught me also, and said unto me, "Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.