Of the Light of NatureT. Constable and Company, 1857 - 298 pages |
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... hand in the preparation of the Westminster Confession and Catechisms , " and whose candour and learn- ing , as well as zeal for orthodoxy , are strikingly manifested in his correspondence with Dr. Whichcote . Dr. Whichcote was Fellow of ...
... hand in the preparation of the Westminster Confession and Catechisms , " and whose candour and learn- ing , as well as zeal for orthodoxy , are strikingly manifested in his correspondence with Dr. Whichcote . Dr. Whichcote was Fellow of ...
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... hand , those who , from their literary tastes and philosophical leanings , were most likely to take an interest in The Discourse , and were capable of appreciat- ing and relishing its rare excellences , were divided from the author by a ...
... hand , those who , from their literary tastes and philosophical leanings , were most likely to take an interest in The Discourse , and were capable of appreciat- ing and relishing its rare excellences , were divided from the author by a ...
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... hand , to vindicate the use of reason , in matters of religion , from the aspersions and prejudices of some weaker ones in those times , who , having entertained erroneous opinions , which they were no way PREFACE OF THE EDITOR . xxiii.
... hand , to vindicate the use of reason , in matters of religion , from the aspersions and prejudices of some weaker ones in those times , who , having entertained erroneous opinions , which they were no way PREFACE OF THE EDITOR . xxiii.
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... hand , to chastise the sauciness of Socinus and his followers , who dare set Hagar above her mistress , and make faith wait at the elbow of corrupt and distorted reason - to " take off the head of that uncir- cumcised Philistine with ...
... hand , to chastise the sauciness of Socinus and his followers , who dare set Hagar above her mistress , and make faith wait at the elbow of corrupt and distorted reason - to " take off the head of that uncir- cumcised Philistine with ...
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... hand , the lovers of ethical science will not be deterred from the perusal of so admirable a treatise , because its author was a Calvinist and a Puritan ; and , on the other , that these interesting studies have now no more enlightened ...
... hand , the lovers of ethical science will not be deterred from the perusal of so admirable a treatise , because its author was a Calvinist and a Puritan ; and , on the other , that these interesting studies have now no more enlightened ...
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agens amongst angels Apostle Aristotle Arminianism Averroes beams beauty behold body bright calls candle certainty Christian command common notions connate Culverwel deity delight Discourse Divine doth edition Epictetus epicure essence esteemed eternal law fain faith fountain Gentiles glory grace happiness hath heathen heaven Hierocles honour intellectus agens Jews Jus naturale knowledge lamp law of nature learned Light of Nature LIGHT OF REASON look Lord Lumen mean mind moral moralist nature's law needs never noble object Pelagians perfection philosopher Plato pleasure Plutarch present principles printed Pyrrho Pythagoras quæ quod rational religion revealed schoolmen sect sense Sextus Empiricus shine soul speaks spirit style sure tell things THOMAS CONSTABLE thou tion truth understanding unto virtue whereas words γὰρ ἐν καὶ Νόμος γραπτός νοῦς Οἱ οὐ οὐκ Τὰ τὴν τῆς Τὸ τὸν τοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῶν
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Page 110 - Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
Page 275 - The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee : but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
Page xxiii - I know each lane, and every alley green, Dingle, or bushy dell, of this wild wood, And every bosky bourn from side to side...
Page 186 - We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts : knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
Page 97 - Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also : 30 Seeing °it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
Page 18 - The next day he made the sun and moon — the sun to rule the day, and the moon to rule the night.
Page 77 - Canveniency, and Analogy, which some Objects have with its Essence, as that it cannot but encline to them; and that there is such an irreconcileable Disconvenience, such an Eternal Antipathy between it and other Objects, as that it must cease to be what it is, before it can come near them. This Suarez terms a Natural Obligation, and a just foundation for a Law. But now, before all this can rise up to the height and perfection of a Law, there must come a Command from some Superiour Power, from ''...
Page 17 - Faith may kiss each other. There is a twin-light springing from both, and they both spring from the same Fountain of light, and they both sweetly conspire in the same end, the glory of that being, from which they shine, and the* welfare, and happiness of that being, upon which they shine.