Of the Light of Nature: A DiscourseT. Constable, 1857 - 298 pages |
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Page xv
... cause of God ; and adds , ' You cannot but remember a late vow you have made too , the very sum of which was this , to stand for the public good . ' 1 Palmer , i . 266. It deserves notice , that , notwithstanding this , the Doctor voted ...
... cause of God ; and adds , ' You cannot but remember a late vow you have made too , the very sum of which was this , to stand for the public good . ' 1 Palmer , i . 266. It deserves notice , that , notwithstanding this , the Doctor voted ...
Page xxi
... causes why a book so instinct with literary life — a book which , if the world were but aware of its worth , they certainly would not willingly let die ' should have run so obvious a risk of being forgotten , are not however far to seek ...
... causes why a book so instinct with literary life — a book which , if the world were but aware of its worth , they certainly would not willingly let die ' should have run so obvious a risk of being forgotten , are not however far to seek ...
Page xlvii
... cause - why the truths of faith are un- discoverable by reason ; viz . , that they are essentially state- ments of fact , which , being contingent and dependent on the will of God , cannot be arrived at by any human argu- mentation ...
... cause - why the truths of faith are un- discoverable by reason ; viz . , that they are essentially state- ments of fact , which , being contingent and dependent on the will of God , cannot be arrived at by any human argu- mentation ...
Page 19
... cause she is blear - eyed ? The whole head is wounded , and aches , and is there no other way but to cut it off ? ' The candle of the Lord ' does not shine so clearly as it was wont ; must it therefore be extinguished presently ? Is it ...
... cause she is blear - eyed ? The whole head is wounded , and aches , and is there no other way but to cut it off ? ' The candle of the Lord ' does not shine so clearly as it was wont ; must it therefore be extinguished presently ? Is it ...
Page 21
... cause to give her a bill of divorcement , because she has lost her former beauty and fruitfulness ? Or is reason thus offensive to them , because she cannot grasp and comprehend the things of God ? Vain men ! will they pluck out their ...
... cause to give her a bill of divorcement , because she has lost her former beauty and fruitfulness ? Or is reason thus offensive to them , because she cannot grasp and comprehend the things of God ? Vain men ! will they pluck out their ...
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