The Truth and Excellence of the Christian Religion Exhibited: In Two Parts. Part I. Containing Sketches of the Lives of Eminent Laymen, who Have Written in Defence of the Christian Religion. Part II. Containing Extracts from Their Writings |
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... mentioned ; " and also te an A & t , entitled , “ An A & supplementary to an Act , entitled , An A & for the encouragement of learning , by fecuring the copies of Maps , Charts , and Books , to the authors and proprietors of fuch copies ...
... mentioned ; " and also te an A & t , entitled , “ An A & supplementary to an Act , entitled , An A & for the encouragement of learning , by fecuring the copies of Maps , Charts , and Books , to the authors and proprietors of fuch copies ...
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... mention the publican , who acknowledged himself a finner , and asked God's mercy ; he answered , I am that publican . I went on , and told him , that he must have recourfe to Jefus Chrift ; he replied , I place my hope folely in the ...
... mention the publican , who acknowledged himself a finner , and asked God's mercy ; he answered , I am that publican . I went on , and told him , that he must have recourfe to Jefus Chrift ; he replied , I place my hope folely in the ...
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... mention- ed them with fuch unvaried reverence . " In his Religio Medici he declares , that he affumed the honourable title of a " christian , not because it is the re- ligion of his country , but because , having in his riper years and ...
... mention- ed them with fuch unvaried reverence . " In his Religio Medici he declares , that he affumed the honourable title of a " christian , not because it is the re- ligion of his country , but because , having in his riper years and ...
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... mention his large benefactions for the pread of chriftianity ; and thus fpeaks of him in another place . " He had the ... mentioned by him , without a paufe and a vifible ftop in his dif- courfe ; " and adds , " I might challenge the ...
... mention his large benefactions for the pread of chriftianity ; and thus fpeaks of him in another place . " He had the ... mentioned by him , without a paufe and a vifible ftop in his dif- courfe ; " and adds , " I might challenge the ...
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... mentioned by Wood as the greatest scholar of all the nobility . Sometimes he retired into the coun- try , and amufed himself with writing libels , in which he did not pretend to confine himfelf to truth . As long as his health allowed ...
... mentioned by Wood as the greatest scholar of all the nobility . Sometimes he retired into the coun- try , and amufed himself with writing libels , in which he did not pretend to confine himfelf to truth . As long as his health allowed ...
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Page 48 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Page 312 - Eye hath not seen, nor Ear heard, neither hath it entered into the Heart of Man, to conceive the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Page 103 - Many who praise virtue, do no more than praise it. Yet it is reasonable to believe that Addison's professions and practice were at no great variance, since, amidst that storm of faction in which most of his life was passed, though his station made him conspicuous and his activity made him formidable, the character given him by his friends was never contradicted by his enemies : of...
Page 363 - The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which, being united to the heavenly grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection.
Page 45 - ... esteem of posterity; of which he will not easily be deprived while learning shall have any reverence among men; for there is no science in which he does not discover some skill, and scarce any kind of knowledge, profane or sacred, abstruse, or elegant, which he does not appear to have cultivated with...
Page 67 - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its Author ; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Page 105 - He has dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety with vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character " above all Greek, above all Roman fame.
Page 21 - I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Page 316 - Surely there is no man who, thus afflicted, does not seek succour in the gospel, which has brought life and immortality to light. The precepts of Epicurus, who teaches us to endure what the laws of the universe make necessary, may silence, but not content us.
Page 35 - ... his humanity, courtesy and affability was such, that he would have been thought to have been bred in the best courts, but that his good nature, charity and delight in doing good, and in communicating all he knew, exceeded that breeding.