Of the Light of Nature: A DiscourseT. Constable, 1857 - 298 pages |
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... thought and composition , by far the best of Culverwel's works . That this work should have , on its first appearance , ex- cited the degree of interest , which three editions in ten years , four in less than twenty , indicate , is not ...
... thought and composition , by far the best of Culverwel's works . That this work should have , on its first appearance , ex- cited the degree of interest , which three editions in ten years , four in less than twenty , indicate , is not ...
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... thought . The design of the treatise is well enough described by the original editor thus : ' The design of the Discourse of the Light of Nature was , on the one hand , to vindicate the use of reason , in matters of religion , from the ...
... thought . The design of the treatise is well enough described by the original editor thus : ' The design of the Discourse of the Light of Nature was , on the one hand , to vindicate the use of reason , in matters of religion , from the ...
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... thought of advancing the power of Nature into the throne of free grace , or by the light of nature [ reason ] in the least measure to eclipse that of faith . " It is not my purpose to enter on the discussion of the merits of the ...
... thought of advancing the power of Nature into the throne of free grace , or by the light of nature [ reason ] in the least measure to eclipse that of faith . " It is not my purpose to enter on the discussion of the merits of the ...
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... thought more accurately , as well as more agreeably , than the most literal expressions could . Indeed Dillingham's encomium scarcely passes the bounds of truth , when he calls this little book , ' cloth of gold ' ' weaved of sunbeams ...
... thought more accurately , as well as more agreeably , than the most literal expressions could . Indeed Dillingham's encomium scarcely passes the bounds of truth , when he calls this little book , ' cloth of gold ' ' weaved of sunbeams ...
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... thoughts He contrived the being of man , did also with His piercing eye see into all conveniencies and discon- veniencies which would be in reference to such a being ; and by His eternal law did restrain and determine it to such acts as ...
... thoughts He contrived the being of man , did also with His piercing eye see into all conveniencies and discon- veniencies which would be in reference to such a being ; and by His eternal law did restrain and determine it to such acts as ...
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