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... Truth ; or delivering them from Errors and Mistakes , Chap . IV . Of Authority , of the Abuse of it , and of its real and proper Use and Service , 262 270 Chap . V. Of treating and managing the Prejudices of Men , 279 Chap . VI . Of ...
... Truth ; or delivering them from Errors and Mistakes , Chap . IV . Of Authority , of the Abuse of it , and of its real and proper Use and Service , 262 270 Chap . V. Of treating and managing the Prejudices of Men , 279 Chap . VI . Of ...
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... truth in matters of the civil and religious life , as well as in the sciences . But there are several other obsérvations very pertinent to this purpose , which have not fallen so directly under any of those heads of discourse , or at ...
... truth in matters of the civil and religious life , as well as in the sciences . But there are several other obsérvations very pertinent to this purpose , which have not fallen so directly under any of those heads of discourse , or at ...
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... truths of the Christian religion , and since several of these relate to important doctrines , such as the origin of sin ... truth in the present age , by labour , diligence , study , and prayer , with the best use of his reasoning powers ...
... truths of the Christian religion , and since several of these relate to important doctrines , such as the origin of sin ... truth in the present age , by labour , diligence , study , and prayer , with the best use of his reasoning powers ...
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... truth you have gained , what further confirmation of known truths , and what advances you have made in any part of knowledge ; and let no day , if pos- sible , pass away without some intellectual gain : such a course , well pursued ...
... truth you have gained , what further confirmation of known truths , and what advances you have made in any part of knowledge ; and let no day , if pos- sible , pass away without some intellectual gain : such a course , well pursued ...
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... mathematical philosophy ; yet having asserted his former opinions in a most confident manner , he is tempted now to wink a little against the truth , or or to prevaricate in his discourse upon that subject , 26 PART I. GENERAL RULES.
... mathematical philosophy ; yet having asserted his former opinions in a most confident manner , he is tempted now to wink a little against the truth , or or to prevaricate in his discourse upon that subject , 26 PART I. GENERAL RULES.
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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.