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... doctrines and practice the duties of the gofpel , whether they fee them fhadowed out in the Pfalms or not.Many learned and good men , whom he does not therefore value and refpect the lefs , have conceived ftrong prejudices against the ...
... doctrines and practice the duties of the gofpel , whether they fee them fhadowed out in the Pfalms or not.Many learned and good men , whom he does not therefore value and refpect the lefs , have conceived ftrong prejudices against the ...
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... doctrines of Christianity , if I had not believed , that the fentiment concerning Christ , which he defends , would , if it fhould prevail , retard the progrefs of the gofpel , which I faw him to have equally at heart with myfelf . For ...
... doctrines of Christianity , if I had not believed , that the fentiment concerning Christ , which he defends , would , if it fhould prevail , retard the progrefs of the gofpel , which I faw him to have equally at heart with myfelf . For ...
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... doctrine of the fcriptures throughout , concerning the nature and perfon of Chrift ; which when generally received and acknowledged , and the day feems now approaching , will remove the great offence which turns many from the gofpel ...
... doctrine of the fcriptures throughout , concerning the nature and perfon of Chrift ; which when generally received and acknowledged , and the day feems now approaching , will remove the great offence which turns many from the gofpel ...
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... doctrine of revelation brings undeserved re- proach upon it . One is forry to read the following account in an REV . Jan. 1777 . C able 기 1 able modern writer , who fpeaking of man's " Lindley's Sequel to his Apology . 17.
... doctrine of revelation brings undeserved re- proach upon it . One is forry to read the following account in an REV . Jan. 1777 . C able 기 1 able modern writer , who fpeaking of man's " Lindley's Sequel to his Apology . 17.
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... doctrine clearly laid down in the facred writings , it is this , that God made the world , by himself , without any affiftant or underworker ; that there are not more creators than one . • Mofes , who treats of the first origin of all ...
... doctrine clearly laid down in the facred writings , it is this , that God made the world , by himself , without any affiftant or underworker ; that there are not more creators than one . • Mofes , who treats of the first origin of all ...
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Page 211 - ... modesty, and without even the slightest tincture of malignity, so frequently- the disagreeable source of what is called wit in other men. It never was the meaning of his raillery to mortify ; and therefore, far from offending, it seldom failed to please and delight even those who were the objects of it.
Page 209 - I thought I might say to him, ' Good Charon, I have been correcting my works for a new edition. Allow me a little time that I may see how the public receives the alterations.
Page 211 - Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit.
Page 206 - Discourses, the only work of mine that was successful on the first publication. It was well received abroad and at home. In the same year was published at London, my Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals ; which, in my own opinion (who ought not to judge on that subject), is of all my writings, historical, philosophical, or literary, incomparably the best. It came unnoticed and unobserved into the world.
Page 208 - ... religious factions, they seemed to be disarmed in my behalf of their wonted fury. My friends never had occasion to vindicate any one circumstance of my character and conduct: not but that the zealots, we may well suppose, would have been glad to invent and propagate any story to my disadvantage, but they could never find any which they thought would wear the face of probability. I cannot...
Page 330 - At eve within yon studious nook, I ope my brass-embossed book, Portray'd with many a holy deed Of martyrs, crown'd with heavenly meed : Then, as my taper waxes dim, Chant, ere I sleep, my measured hymn ; And at the close, the gleams behold Of parting wings bedropt with gold.
Page 427 - It has been often observed that the good and virtuous man alone can acquire this true or just relish, even of works of art. This opinion will not appear entirely without foundation when we consider that the same habit of mind which is acquired by our search after truth in the more serious duties of life, is only transferred to the pursuit of lighter amusements : the same disposition, the...
Page 286 - The vigour which it gives the mind, and the weight which it adds to character ; the generous sentiments which it breathes, the undaunted spirit which it inspires, the...
Page 206 - In 1752, the Faculty of Advocates chose me their Librarian, an Office from which I received little or no Emolument, but which gave me the Command of a large Library. I then formed the Plan of writing the History of England...
Page 281 - True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we owe to him who made us, and to the common nature of which we all share. It arises from reflection on our own failings and wants ; and from just views of the condition, and the duty of man.