The Truth and Excellence of the Christian Religion Exhibited: In Two Parts. Part I. Containing Sketches of the Lives of Eminent Laymen, who Have Written in Defence of the Christian Religion. Part II. Containing Extracts from Their WritingsDavid Carlisle, 1804 - 384 Seiten |
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... evidences of re- vealed religion are ftill fubmitted to , and boldly challenge , the ftri & teft fcrutiny , by the known and established rules of right reafon . Unbelievers , " fays a celebrated writer , attempt to make profelytes to ...
... evidences of re- vealed religion are ftill fubmitted to , and boldly challenge , the ftri & teft fcrutiny , by the known and established rules of right reafon . Unbelievers , " fays a celebrated writer , attempt to make profelytes to ...
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... evidence for the christian religion , there is probably a balance in its favour , from the number of great men who have been convinced of its truth , after a serious examination of the fub- ject . Whilft genius and learning have often ...
... evidence for the christian religion , there is probably a balance in its favour , from the number of great men who have been convinced of its truth , after a serious examination of the fub- ject . Whilft genius and learning have often ...
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... evidence , that the highest intellectual powers harmonize with religion and virtue ; and that there is nothing in christianity , but what will abide the fcrutiny of the foundest and most enlarged understanding . Dr. Ryland makes the ...
... evidence , that the highest intellectual powers harmonize with religion and virtue ; and that there is nothing in christianity , but what will abide the fcrutiny of the foundest and most enlarged understanding . Dr. Ryland makes the ...
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... evidences on the fide of revelation . But the internal evidence of the christian religion , I have confeffed , carries with it an authority , that has influenced my mind more than all the external evidences . It is that , which has ...
... evidences on the fide of revelation . But the internal evidence of the christian religion , I have confeffed , carries with it an authority , that has influenced my mind more than all the external evidences . It is that , which has ...
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... Evidence of the Chriftian Religion , " with- out his name . The reception it met with , was fuch as feldom is fhewn to the compofitions of the most approved authors . This was a work , with which the clergy and the laity were in general ...
... Evidence of the Chriftian Religion , " with- out his name . The reception it met with , was fuch as feldom is fhewn to the compofitions of the most approved authors . This was a work , with which the clergy and the laity were in general ...
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Seite 48 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Seite 312 - Eye hath not seen, nor Ear heard, neither hath it entered into the Heart of Man, to conceive the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Seite 103 - Many who praise virtue, do no more than praise it. Yet it is reasonable to believe that Addison's professions and practice were at no great variance, since, amidst that storm of faction in which most of his life was passed, though his station made him conspicuous and his activity made him formidable, the character given him by his friends was never contradicted by his enemies : of...
Seite 363 - The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which, being united to the heavenly grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection.
Seite 45 - ... esteem of posterity; of which he will not easily be deprived while learning shall have any reverence among men; for there is no science in which he does not discover some skill, and scarce any kind of knowledge, profane or sacred, abstruse, or elegant, which he does not appear to have cultivated with...
Seite 67 - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its Author ; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Seite 105 - He has dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety with vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character " above all Greek, above all Roman fame.
Seite 21 - I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Seite 316 - Surely there is no man who, thus afflicted, does not seek succour in the gospel, which has brought life and immortality to light. The precepts of Epicurus, who teaches us to endure what the laws of the universe make necessary, may silence, but not content us.
Seite 35 - ... his humanity, courtesy and affability was such, that he would have been thought to have been bred in the best courts, but that his good nature, charity and delight in doing good, and in communicating all he knew, exceeded that breeding.