The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]1842 |
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... inspired teachers themselves , is that of " preaching the gospel . " No sacred institution is marked by more skilful adaptation to its end , or dictated by a profounder knowledge of our nature , than this of preaching . Without such an ...
... inspired teachers themselves , is that of " preaching the gospel . " No sacred institution is marked by more skilful adaptation to its end , or dictated by a profounder knowledge of our nature , than this of preaching . Without such an ...
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... inspiration when it arrives - nay , we believe that that very preparation often directly leads to it , nothing being more favourable to the free movement of all the faculties , and a complete mastery over them , than familiarity with ...
... inspiration when it arrives - nay , we believe that that very preparation often directly leads to it , nothing being more favourable to the free movement of all the faculties , and a complete mastery over them , than familiarity with ...
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... inspired , and gave a tone to their discussions than which nothing could be more indicative of ultimate and complete success . The report of the several speeches made by these gentlemen should be read attentively , if a clear view would ...
... inspired , and gave a tone to their discussions than which nothing could be more indicative of ultimate and complete success . The report of the several speeches made by these gentlemen should be read attentively , if a clear view would ...
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resorted to by those who loved them , with all the ardour inspired by novelty . Their machinery and decorations , even under the auspices of Charles the First and his consort , had presented no inconsiderable splendour ; which to enjoy ...
resorted to by those who loved them , with all the ardour inspired by novelty . Their machinery and decorations , even under the auspices of Charles the First and his consort , had presented no inconsiderable splendour ; which to enjoy ...
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... inspired for the future . It is to the first of these that we intend , almost exclusively , to confine ourselves at present , as that which presents the topic of chief interest to our readers . Before proceeding to the analysis of it ...
... inspired for the future . It is to the first of these that we intend , almost exclusively , to confine ourselves at present , as that which presents the topic of chief interest to our readers . Before proceeding to the analysis of it ...
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Page 164 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Page 234 - Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
Page 260 - Let no man deceive you by any means, for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition...
Page 99 - WHAT is truth ?" said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief, affecting free-will in thinking as well as in acting. And though the sects of philosophers of that kind be gone, yet there remain certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins, though there be not so much blood in them as was in those of the ancients.
Page 239 - A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art : Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of every Branch of Human Knowledge ; with the Derivation and Definition of all the Terms in General Use. Edited by WT BRANDE, FRSL and E.
Page 65 - I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Page 231 - The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.
Page 483 - THE GREAT COMMISSION ; Or, the Christian Church constituted and charged to convey the Gospel to the World.
Page 166 - For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Page 251 - BRETHREN, in the Primitive Church there was a godly discipline, that, at the beginning of Lent, such persons as stood convicted of notorious sin were put to open penance, and punished in this world, that their souls might be saved in the day of the Lord; and that others, admonished by their example, might be the more afraid to offend.