Select pieces in prose and verse [ed. by J. Bowdler the elder]. 2 vols [in 1].1820 |
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... Doctrine of Christ's Atonement 180 · On Submission to God 194 · On Trust in God . 210 On the Love of God On Faith On Hope • On Spiritual - Mindedness On Thankfulness On Prayer 229 • . 250 . 274 293 313 • 334 On Humility 358 • On the ...
... Doctrine of Christ's Atonement 180 · On Submission to God 194 · On Trust in God . 210 On the Love of God On Faith On Hope • On Spiritual - Mindedness On Thankfulness On Prayer 229 • . 250 . 274 293 313 • 334 On Humility 358 • On the ...
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... practical Antinomianism have they sometimes made , in the stiff , unqualified , and really unphilosophical statement of their favourite doctrines ! What mere verbal frivolities , what contradictory propositions , and , sometimes 18.
... practical Antinomianism have they sometimes made , in the stiff , unqualified , and really unphilosophical statement of their favourite doctrines ! What mere verbal frivolities , what contradictory propositions , and , sometimes 18.
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... doctrine of innate ideas . Through the medium of the senses , ( he says , ) we acquire all our ideas of external objects ; and ( agree- ing with the schoolmen in their opinion that the ex- ternal objects themselves are not united to the ...
... doctrine of innate ideas . Through the medium of the senses , ( he says , ) we acquire all our ideas of external objects ; and ( agree- ing with the schoolmen in their opinion that the ex- ternal objects themselves are not united to the ...
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... doctrine of the schools , ) that these perceptions , or ideas , must be exact resemblances of material things : and though he made a distinction between the primary and se- condary qualities of matter , holding the former , as extension ...
... doctrine of the schools , ) that these perceptions , or ideas , must be exact resemblances of material things : and though he made a distinction between the primary and se- condary qualities of matter , holding the former , as extension ...
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... doctrine will be suffi- ciently explained by the following extract from Mr. Stewart , " There are a variety of notions so connected with our different intellectual faculties , that the exercises of the fa- culty may be justly regarded ...
... doctrine will be suffi- ciently explained by the following extract from Mr. Stewart , " There are a variety of notions so connected with our different intellectual faculties , that the exercises of the fa- culty may be justly regarded ...
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Page 245 - He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
Page 229 - For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding...
Page 201 - For the eyes of the Lord [are] over the righteous, and his ears [are open] unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord [is] against them that do evil.
Page 327 - And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne and round about the throne were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
Page 285 - Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam — as the Pelagians do vainly talk — but it is the fault and corruption of the nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam ; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the Flesh lusteth always contrary to the Spirit; and therefore, in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.
Page 316 - And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, saying, Amen: blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 115 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Page 204 - For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment ; 'but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
Page 228 - And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Page 73 - Commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured...