The Posthumous Works ...T. and T. Longman, 1754 - 336 pages |
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... Fathers ; but from the Word of God , the Light of Nature , and the common Reason of Things . VII . ARGUMENTS fhould always be propofed in fuch a Manner as may lead the Mind onward to perceive the Truth in a clear and agreeable Light ...
... Fathers ; but from the Word of God , the Light of Nature , and the common Reason of Things . VII . ARGUMENTS fhould always be propofed in fuch a Manner as may lead the Mind onward to perceive the Truth in a clear and agreeable Light ...
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... Father bids him ; for fo far as the Impoffi- bility appears he cannot believe : it nor will I say , he ought to affent to all the falfe Opi- nions of his Parents , or to practife Idolatry and Murder , or Mischief at their command ; yet ...
... Father bids him ; for fo far as the Impoffi- bility appears he cannot believe : it nor will I say , he ought to affent to all the falfe Opi- nions of his Parents , or to practife Idolatry and Murder , or Mischief at their command ; yet ...
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... Father : And from the Equity and Goodness of God we may reafonably infer , that the great Judge of all will do right ; he will balance the Ignorance and Incapacity of the Child with the criminal Nature of the Offence in those puerile ...
... Father : And from the Equity and Goodness of God we may reafonably infer , that the great Judge of all will do right ; he will balance the Ignorance and Incapacity of the Child with the criminal Nature of the Offence in those puerile ...
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... Father believes it ; what I faid before is to be interpreted only of thofe that are under the immediate Care and Education of their Parents , and not yet arrived at Years capable of Examination ; I know not how thefe can be freed from ...
... Father believes it ; what I faid before is to be interpreted only of thofe that are under the immediate Care and Education of their Parents , and not yet arrived at Years capable of Examination ; I know not how thefe can be freed from ...
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... Fathers formed their Sermons much upon the Model of Doctrine , Reafon and Use ; and perhaps there is no one Method of more univerfal Service , and more eafily applicable to moft Subjects , though it is not neceffary or proper in every ...
... Fathers formed their Sermons much upon the Model of Doctrine , Reafon and Use ; and perhaps there is no one Method of more univerfal Service , and more eafily applicable to moft Subjects , though it is not neceffary or proper in every ...
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Page 79 - For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
Page 74 - ... the Christian Religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one. Mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity : and whoever is moved by faith to assent to it, is conscious of a continued miracle in his own person, which subverts all the principles of his understanding, and gives him a determination to believe what is most contrary to custom and experience.
Page 9 - But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery. And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace.
Page 82 - Then they that gladly received the word were baptized ; and the same day there were added to them about three thousand souls.
Page 313 - Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard : I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
Page 81 - Moreover brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea ; and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud, and in the sea...
Page 70 - Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
Page 11 - His death and passion: and grant, that the grace of God, which bringeth salvation, may effectually teach and persuade me to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...
Page 7 - Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming in the which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Page 86 - My Godfathers and Godmothers in my Baptism ; wherein I was made a member of Christ, the child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.