Of the Light of Nature: A DiscourseT. Constable, 1857 - 298 pages |
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Page xxxviii
... look upon the diversities of nations , and there you will see a rough and barbarous Scythian , a wild American , an unpolished Indian , a superstitious Egyptian , a subtle Ethiopian , a cunning Arabian , a luxurious Persian , a ...
... look upon the diversities of nations , and there you will see a rough and barbarous Scythian , a wild American , an unpolished Indian , a superstitious Egyptian , a subtle Ethiopian , a cunning Arabian , a luxurious Persian , a ...
Page xli
... in a wilderness . Are there some prodigies in Europe ? you may very well look for more monsters in Africa . Do Christians blur and blot the law of nature ? no wonder , then , that an American seeks quite to raze it CRITICAL ESSAY . xli.
... in a wilderness . Are there some prodigies in Europe ? you may very well look for more monsters in Africa . Do Christians blur and blot the law of nature ? no wonder , then , that an American seeks quite to raze it CRITICAL ESSAY . xli.
Page liii
... look upon it very heinously to have their words misinterpreted , to have their meaning wrested and violenced ' ( pp . 226 , 227 ) . ( 4. ) To vindicate and harmonize the doctrines of reve- lation . This was our author's chosen task ...
... look upon it very heinously to have their words misinterpreted , to have their meaning wrested and violenced ' ( pp . 226 , 227 ) . ( 4. ) To vindicate and harmonize the doctrines of reve- lation . This was our author's chosen task ...
Page lv
... look on religion as a bird of prey , that comes to peck out the eyes of men ; ' and , on the other , to aspire after that bloodless victory of faith which Cul- verwel thus so warmly celebrates . If the cherubim be ambitious of stooping ...
... look on religion as a bird of prey , that comes to peck out the eyes of men ; ' and , on the other , to aspire after that bloodless victory of faith which Cul- verwel thus so warmly celebrates . If the cherubim be ambitious of stooping ...
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... look , ' reason's plumb - line will prove too short to fathom them ; here we must cry with the Apostle , ' O Rom . xi . 33. the depth ' 4 Reason may not come into these seas , ex- cept she strike her topsail ; here we may say with Aris ...
... look , ' reason's plumb - line will prove too short to fathom them ; here we must cry with the Apostle , ' O Rom . xi . 33. the depth ' 4 Reason may not come into these seas , ex- cept she strike her topsail ; here we may say with Aris ...
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