Miscellaneous Essays and Reviews, Volume 2Ivison & Phinney, 1855 - Christianity |
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... doctrines of their religion , in which it was taught that the continuance of the soul in a state of blessedness was contin- gent upon the preservation of the body . When that perished the banished soul had to begin anew its career in ...
... doctrines of their religion , in which it was taught that the continuance of the soul in a state of blessedness was contin- gent upon the preservation of the body . When that perished the banished soul had to begin anew its career in ...
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... doctrines to the world . Much as they valued the results of their speculations , and important as they deemed them for the good of mankind , they never seem to have supposed that their dogmas contained the ele- ments of powerful oratory ...
... doctrines to the world . Much as they valued the results of their speculations , and important as they deemed them for the good of mankind , they never seem to have supposed that their dogmas contained the ele- ments of powerful oratory ...
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... doctrines com- mending themselves to the consciences and understandings of men ; not argument , and powerful thoughts , and appeals to men contemplated primarily as reasoning and responsible agents ; not those things in the ministry of ...
... doctrines com- mending themselves to the consciences and understandings of men ; not argument , and powerful thoughts , and appeals to men contemplated primarily as reasoning and responsible agents ; not those things in the ministry of ...
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... doctrine of limited atonement . It would be improper to deny that plau- sible arguments may be adduced in favour of that doctrine ; and still more that it has been held by men of great emi- nence in theology ; but it cannot be preached ...
... doctrine of limited atonement . It would be improper to deny that plau- sible arguments may be adduced in favour of that doctrine ; and still more that it has been held by men of great emi- nence in theology ; but it cannot be preached ...
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... doctrine of limited atone- ment is not and cannot be preached . It is found in ancient books of divinity , written in a sterner age , and when the principles of interpretation were less understood , and the large and liberal nature of ...
... doctrine of limited atone- ment is not and cannot be preached . It is found in ancient books of divinity , written in a sterner age , and when the principles of interpretation were less understood , and the large and liberal nature of ...
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Page 172 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Page 191 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble...
Page 353 - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple; who ever knew truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter.
Page 292 - But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Page 184 - Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. 7: The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Page 46 - And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.
Page 169 - ... an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and in'tense study, (which I take to be my portion in this life,) joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die.
Page 353 - For who knows not that Truth is strong, next to the Almighty; she needs no policies, nor stratagems, nor licensings to make her victorious, those are the shifts and the defences that Error uses against her power.
Page 191 - Love thyself last; cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace To silence envious tongues. Be just and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's and truth's...
Page 353 - ... ranged, scattered and defeated all objections in his way, calls out his adversary into the plain, offers him the advantage of wind and sun, if...