Theological Disquisitions; Or, An Enquiry Into Those Principles of Religion, which are Most Influential in Directing and Regulating the Passions and Affections of the Mind: I. Disquisitions - On Natural Religion. II. Disquisition - On the Jewish Dispensation, Respecting Religion and Morals |
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... Pagan rites , Jewish corruptions ; these are related with great simplicity , but in a style and manner very different from modern com- positions . The object of the historians was to perpetuate important events , establish impor- tant ...
... Pagan rites , Jewish corruptions ; these are related with great simplicity , but in a style and manner very different from modern com- positions . The object of the historians was to perpetuate important events , establish impor- tant ...
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... Pagans in distant re- gions , and to instruct those who are nearly as ignorant as Pagans , at home , render every attempt to remove some of the obscurities which hang , like a mist , over the Divine Book , of peculiar importance . The ...
... Pagans in distant re- gions , and to instruct those who are nearly as ignorant as Pagans , at home , render every attempt to remove some of the obscurities which hang , like a mist , over the Divine Book , of peculiar importance . The ...
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... Pagan World , was not for their benefit exclu- sively Sect . I. The moral character of the Jewish na- tion did not ... Paganism CHAP . IV . Observations and inferences respecting the divine origin of the Jewish dispensation 304 323 343 ...
... Pagan World , was not for their benefit exclu- sively Sect . I. The moral character of the Jewish na- tion did not ... Paganism CHAP . IV . Observations and inferences respecting the divine origin of the Jewish dispensation 304 323 343 ...
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... Pagan world concerning their gods ? Why ought they not to be rejected also as creatures of the imagina- tion , which , although they may be more pleasing , are equally delusive ? These questions are per- tinent , and demand a serious ...
... Pagan world concerning their gods ? Why ought they not to be rejected also as creatures of the imagina- tion , which , although they may be more pleasing , are equally delusive ? These questions are per- tinent , and demand a serious ...
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... paganism , and confirms our belief in revela- tion by the consonance of its doctrines with the principles of reason . In subjects of human science every one per- ceives the distinction between discoveries made , and a perception of the ...
... paganism , and confirms our belief in revela- tion by the consonance of its doctrines with the principles of reason . In subjects of human science every one per- ceives the distinction between discoveries made , and a perception of the ...
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Page 135 - By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house ; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Page 352 - But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth : and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
Page 377 - And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
Page 351 - And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots : " And the Spirit of the Lord s'hall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge, and of the fear of the Lord...
Page 174 - And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
Page 412 - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Page 290 - And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.
Page 154 - And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth ; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Page 306 - And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, And wine, are in their feasts: But they regard not the work of the Lord, Neither consider the operation of his hands.
Page 241 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.