The Works of the Right Reverend William Warburton, D.D., Lord Bishop of Gloucester: To which is Prefixed a Discourse by Way of General Preface, Containing Some Account of the Life, Writings, and Character of the Author, Volume 12Luke Hansard & Sons, 1811 - Theology |
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... expression ; and find out his meaning if I can . And , indeed , who would not engage in any labour for the sake of finding so rare a curiosity , as a " mind open to conviction , " in an Answerer by pro- fession ? Well then , be it so ...
... expression ; and find out his meaning if I can . And , indeed , who would not engage in any labour for the sake of finding so rare a curiosity , as a " mind open to conviction , " in an Answerer by pro- fession ? Well then , be it so ...
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... expressions ; if he had a meaning , that was . consistent , he is much misrepresented . A good commodious principle for the whole class of Answerers ! Secondly , he says that abrogation [ regimen abrogatum ] does not signify ceasing ...
... expressions ; if he had a meaning , that was . consistent , he is much misrepresented . A good commodious principle for the whole class of Answerers ! Secondly , he says that abrogation [ regimen abrogatum ] does not signify ceasing ...
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... expression , when the fit is upon him , that he cannot ask quarter for one blunder without committing another- " unless ABROGATION is made to signify a total ABOLI- " TION , and DURATION is construed to be CESSATION ? " I can find ...
... expression , when the fit is upon him , that he cannot ask quarter for one blunder without committing another- " unless ABROGATION is made to signify a total ABOLI- " TION , and DURATION is construed to be CESSATION ? " I can find ...
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... expression . Now if it can be proved that this very reason holds equally strong for an extraordinary provi- dence over particulars , this second point , as he calls it , will be soon decided between us . In order to this , let me ask ...
... expression . Now if it can be proved that this very reason holds equally strong for an extraordinary provi- dence over particulars , this second point , as he calls it , will be soon decided between us . In order to this , let me ask ...
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... expression ; that should be always at hand to answer his occasions ? Which , we shall find as we go along , this always is . And indeed the cautious Reader ( and I would advise no other to have to do with him ) will suspect no less ...
... expression ; that should be always at hand to answer his occasions ? Which , we shall find as we go along , this always is . And indeed the cautious Reader ( and I would advise no other to have to do with him ) will suspect no less ...
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Page 36 - All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Page 35 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Page 36 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Page 35 - I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Page 52 - And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
Page 160 - That Wisdom infinite must form the best, Where all must full or not coherent be, And all that rises, rise in due degree ; Then, in the scale of reasoning life, 'tis plain, There must be, somewhere, such a rank as Man: And all the question (wrangle e'er so long) Is only this, if God has placed him wrong?
Page 263 - And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes.
Page 51 - In all their affliction He was afflicted, and the angel of His presence saved them ; in His love and in His pity He redeemed them ; and He bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
Page 114 - ... true eloquence I find to be none but the serious and hearty love of truth; and that whose mind soever is fully possessed with a fervent desire to know good things, and with the dearest charity to infuse the knowledge of them into others, when such a man would speak, his words, by what I can express, like so many nimble and airy servitors, trip about him at command, and in well-ordered files, as he would wish, fall aptly into their own places.
Page 51 - BEHOLD, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; Neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, And your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.