Of the Light of Nature: A DiscourseT. Constable, 1857 - 298 pages |
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Page xii
... matters temporal , spiritual , and eternal . ' ' What I say of him , I know of him ; for from mine infancy have I known him , and under his ministry was I trained up in my younger years , he being at least two - and - twenty years older ...
... matters temporal , spiritual , and eternal . ' ' What I say of him , I know of him ; for from mine infancy have I known him , and under his ministry was I trained up in my younger years , he being at least two - and - twenty years older ...
Page 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.
... 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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... 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 able to defend , were taught by their more cunning seducers to wink hard ...
... 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 able to defend , were taught by their more cunning seducers to wink hard ...
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... matters of religion , must needs have at least a thousand heresies couched in it . If you do but offer to make a syllogism , they will straightway cry it down for carnal reasoning . What would these men have ? Would they be banished ...
... matters of religion , must needs have at least a thousand heresies couched in it . If you do but offer to make a syllogism , they will straightway cry it down for carnal reasoning . What would these men have ? Would they be banished ...
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... matter and form ; whereas methinks he that could set in- telligences to the wheel to spin our time and motion , should have allowed them also some natural ability for performing so famous a task and employment , which his head set them ...
... matter and form ; whereas methinks he that could set in- telligences to the wheel to spin our time and motion , should have allowed them also some natural ability for performing so famous a task and employment , which his head set them ...
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