The Temple of Truth: Or, The Best System of Reason, Philosophy, Virtue, and Morals, Analytically ArrangedL. Hansard & Sons, 1807 - 566 pages |
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... less bril- liancy , but greater sagacity , has expressed it , " Ratio mersa et confusa . " And if , in thefe inferior matters , it be so weak and incompetent , can it be less so , in objects infinitely more sublime ? The impartial ...
... less bril- liancy , but greater sagacity , has expressed it , " Ratio mersa et confusa . " And if , in thefe inferior matters , it be so weak and incompetent , can it be less so , in objects infinitely more sublime ? The impartial ...
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... less fanciful and elevated , and much more profound , at least , in his mode of reasoning ; and he insists , that true Virtue lies in a con- formity of our actions with certain eternal and immutable relations and fitnesses of things ...
... less fanciful and elevated , and much more profound , at least , in his mode of reasoning ; and he insists , that true Virtue lies in a con- formity of our actions with certain eternal and immutable relations and fitnesses of things ...
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... less abstruse , simplicity . Is it not of greater consequence , that the many should be informed , than that the few should be amused ? * When the great Sir Isaac Newton had delivered an opinion , which any one choose to controvert , he ...
... less abstruse , simplicity . Is it not of greater consequence , that the many should be informed , than that the few should be amused ? * When the great Sir Isaac Newton had delivered an opinion , which any one choose to controvert , he ...
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... less numerous and won- derful ; into the moral character of Moses , and the prophets , of Christ , and his apostles ; and into the amazing propaga- tion of the Christian faith , within the three first centuries ? Have you really ...
... less numerous and won- derful ; into the moral character of Moses , and the prophets , of Christ , and his apostles ; and into the amazing propaga- tion of the Christian faith , within the three first centuries ? Have you really ...
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... less satisfactory , since it carries internal Evi- dence along with it . " * The writer is nevertheless attached to what has been called , " that noble Enthusiasm for Religion , without which , Reason has no Guide , Imagination no ...
... less satisfactory , since it carries internal Evi- dence along with it . " * The writer is nevertheless attached to what has been called , " that noble Enthusiasm for Religion , without which , Reason has no Guide , Imagination no ...
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Page 209 - And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Page 352 - God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but have life everlasting.
Page 360 - Which say to the seers, See not; And to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, Speak unto us smooth things, Prophesy deceits...
Page 163 - Christ, who, though he was rich, yet for our " sakes became poor, that we, through his poverty,
Page 514 - But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: that, according as it is written, 'He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
Page 328 - He is the happy man whose life e'en now Shows somewhat of that happier life to come ; Who, doom'd to an obscure but tranquil state, Is pleased with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed to sojourn while he must Below the skies, but having there his home.
Page 25 - ... (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below"; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride.
Page 142 - O Son, in whom my soul hath chief delight, Son of my bosom, Son who art alone ' My word, my wisdom, and effectual might, All hast thou spoken as my thoughts are, all As my eternal purpose hath decreed...
Page 243 - The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit.
Page 215 - Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for by the law is the knowledge of sin.