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... evidence ; till you have turned the propo- sition on all sides , and searched the matter through and through , so that you cannot be mistaken . And even where you may think you have full grounds of assurance , be not too early nor too ...
... evidence ; till you have turned the propo- sition on all sides , and searched the matter through and through , so that you cannot be mistaken . And even where you may think you have full grounds of assurance , be not too early nor too ...
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... evidence : but if we have too suddenly given our assent , as the wisest man does sometimes , if we have professed what we find afterwards to be false , we should never be ashamed nor afraid to renounce a mistake . That is a noble essay ...
... evidence : but if we have too suddenly given our assent , as the wisest man does sometimes , if we have professed what we find afterwards to be false , we should never be ashamed nor afraid to renounce a mistake . That is a noble essay ...
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... evidence , and they wink their eyes against it , the god of this world is suffered to blind them even in the most obvious , common , and sensible things . The great God of heaven , for this cause , sends them strong delusions , that ...
... evidence , and they wink their eyes against it , the god of this world is suffered to blind them even in the most obvious , common , and sensible things . The great God of heaven , for this cause , sends them strong delusions , that ...
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... evidence and truth , and that with a delightful sur- prise . 4. Conversation calls out into light what has been lodged in all the recesses and secret chambers of the soul : by oc- casional hints and incidents , it brings old useful ...
... evidence and truth , and that with a delightful sur- prise . 4. Conversation calls out into light what has been lodged in all the recesses and secret chambers of the soul : by oc- casional hints and incidents , it brings old useful ...
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... evidence and just reasoning on the subject . Here I would be understood to speak only of human au- thors , and not of the sacred and inspired writings . In these our business indeed is only to find out the sense , and under- stand the ...
... evidence and just reasoning on the subject . Here I would be understood to speak only of human au- thors , and not of the sacred and inspired writings . In these our business indeed is only to find out the sense , and under- stand the ...
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Page 422 - Hail, wedded love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise, of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range : by thee Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities . Of father, son, and brother, first were known.
Page 435 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Page 92 - What shall we say then ? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound ? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein...
Page 439 - And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us, in the likeness of men.
Page 51 - General observations drawn from particulars are the jewels of knowledge, comprehending great store in a little room ; but they are therefore to be made with the greater care and caution, lest, if we take counterfeit for true, our loss and shame be the greater when our stock comes to a severe scrutiny.
Page 438 - But when Christ, who is their life, shall appear, they also shall appear with him in glory.
Page 190 - The situation of the several parts of the earth are better learned by one day's conversing with a map or a sea-chart, than by merely reading the description of their situation a hundred times over in books of geography.
Page 33 - Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
Page 260 - Get a distinct and comprehensive knowledge of the subject which you treat of ; survey it on all sides, and make yourself perfect master of it ; then you will have all the sentiments that relate to it in your view, and under your command, and your tongue will very easily clothe those ideas with words which your mind has first made so familiar and easy to itself. Scribendi recte sapere est et principium etfons, Verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur.
Page 155 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.