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... XL . are new ; and the latter may be read as a preface by those who deem further preface necessary or desirable . JOHNSTONE LODGE , CRAIGMILLAR PARK , EDINBURGH , 11th August 1880 . CONTENTS . LECT . 1. ISSUES INVOLVED IN THE QUESTION.
... XL . are new ; and the latter may be read as a preface by those who deem further preface necessary or desirable . JOHNSTONE LODGE , CRAIGMILLAR PARK , EDINBURGH , 11th August 1880 . CONTENTS . LECT . 1. ISSUES INVOLVED IN THE QUESTION.
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... necessary conditions of thought and feeling and ineradicable aspirations which force on us ideas of absolute existence , infinity , and perfec- tion , and will neither permit us to deny these per- fections to God nor to ascribe them to ...
... necessary conditions of thought and feeling and ineradicable aspirations which force on us ideas of absolute existence , infinity , and perfec- tion , and will neither permit us to deny these per- fections to God nor to ascribe them to ...
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... necessary for the purpose of clear and orderly exposition . It is sophistry to attempt to destroy them separately by assailing each as if it had no connection with the other , and as if each isolated fragmentary argument were bound to ...
... necessary for the purpose of clear and orderly exposition . It is sophistry to attempt to destroy them separately by assailing each as if it had no connection with the other , and as if each isolated fragmentary argument were bound to ...
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... necessary consequence of internal activity , of inherent expansibility . It is thus , for example , with the senses of sight and hearing , in so far as they are intuitive . But it is manifestly very different with the religious nature ...
... necessary consequence of internal activity , of inherent expansibility . It is thus , for example , with the senses of sight and hearing , in so far as they are intuitive . But it is manifestly very different with the religious nature ...
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... necessary to be borne in mind , whenever we affirm the likeness of God to man , is , that in whatever measure and to whatever extent God may be known , our knowledge of Him is Anthropomorphic Theism — its Truth and Error . 93.
... necessary to be borne in mind , whenever we affirm the likeness of God to man , is , that in whatever measure and to whatever extent God may be known , our knowledge of Him is Anthropomorphic Theism — its Truth and Error . 93.
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Page 176 - When he established the clouds above : When he strengthened the fountains of the deep : When he gave to the sea his decree, That the waters should not pass his commandment: When he appointed the foundations of the earth : 235 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him : And I was daily his delight, Rejoicing always before him ; Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth ; And my delights were with the sons of men.
Page 229 - He, that has light within his own clear breast, May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he, that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself is his own dungeon.
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