History of the Christian Church, Volume 4T. Y. Crowell & Company, 1894 - Church history |
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... nature is a divine theophany , that God is love , that the atonement is moral transformation by the in- dwelling Christ , that religion is intimate union with God , these are the cardinal ideas in Law's mystical treatises . While the ...
... nature is a divine theophany , that God is love , that the atonement is moral transformation by the in- dwelling Christ , that religion is intimate union with God , these are the cardinal ideas in Law's mystical treatises . While the ...
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... nature of the Christian miracles , or upon the character of our blessed Saviour , or upon the representation of God in the Old Testament or upon the supposed omission of the virtue of friendship in the Christian system of ethics . The ...
... nature of the Christian miracles , or upon the character of our blessed Saviour , or upon the representation of God in the Old Testament or upon the supposed omission of the virtue of friendship in the Christian system of ethics . The ...
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... nature . It is worth while to observe that Collins , in defending his position , was led to deny that Messianic expectation was any considerable factor in Jewish thought and feel- ing before the coming of Christ . The contrast between ...
... nature . It is worth while to observe that Collins , in defending his position , was led to deny that Messianic expectation was any considerable factor in Jewish thought and feel- ing before the coming of Christ . The contrast between ...
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... natural religion . But that was not his design . He aimed rather to show that natural religion , or that dictated by 1 A. S. Farrar , Critical History of Free Thought , p . 137 . man's reason , is in itself perfect , and that 16 THE ...
... natural religion . But that was not his design . He aimed rather to show that natural religion , or that dictated by 1 A. S. Farrar , Critical History of Free Thought , p . 137 . man's reason , is in itself perfect , and that 16 THE ...
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... natural . He argued that God in His immutability and benevolence can be supposed to give only such laws as ... natural religion , and , on the whole , quite as much a hindrance as a help to the ascertain- ment of the truth . Tindal's ...
... natural . He argued that God in His immutability and benevolence can be supposed to give only such laws as ... natural religion , and , on the whole , quite as much a hindrance as a help to the ascertain- ment of the truth . Tindal's ...
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Page 216 - England, said. *We will not say, as the Separatists were wont to say at their leaving of England, Farewell, Babylon ! Farewell, Rome ! But we will say Farewell, dear England ! Farewell, the Church of God in England, and all the Christian friends there.
Page 267 - That all persons living in this province who confess and acknowledge the one almighty and eternal God to be the creator, upholder, and ruler of the world...
Page 201 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both"!
Page 27 - The much greater part of those who come to be ordained are ignorant to a degree not to be apprehended by those who are not obliged to know it.
Page 229 - It is the will and command of God that, since the coming of his Son the Lord Jesus, a permission of the most Paganish, Jewish, Turkish, or anti-Christian consciences and worships be granted to all men in all nations and countries...
Page 29 - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it, as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point, among all people of discernment...
Page 56 - I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the coppers.
Page 145 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Page 240 - ... the town seemed to be full of the presence of God : it never was so full of love, nor so full of joy, and yet so full of distress as it was then.
Page 120 - Has the Pope, or Cardinals, or any body of men, or any individual of the Church of Rome, any civil authority, power, jurisdiction, or pre-eminence, whatsoever, within the realm of England ? 2.