The Truth and Excellence of the Christian Religion Exhibited: In Two Parts. Part I. Containing Sketches of the Lives of Eminent Laymen, who Have Written in Defence of the Christian Religion. Part II. Containing Extracts from Their WritingsDavid Carlisle, 1804 - 384 страници |
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... practice of agriculture . At twelve years of age , his mind became feriously im- preffed with divine truth in reading the Scriptures ; and , as he increased in years , a native firmnefs enabled him to vindicate his opinions against ...
... practice of agriculture . At twelve years of age , his mind became feriously im- preffed with divine truth in reading the Scriptures ; and , as he increased in years , a native firmnefs enabled him to vindicate his opinions against ...
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... practice , he fixed his refidence at Weftminster , became doctor of physic at Cambridge , received a license from the college of phyfi . cians ; and lived in the firft degree of reputation and af- fluence of practice for many years ...
... practice , he fixed his refidence at Weftminster , became doctor of physic at Cambridge , received a license from the college of phyfi . cians ; and lived in the firft degree of reputation and af- fluence of practice for many years ...
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... practice for many years ; without any other enemies than those he raised by the fuperiour merit of his conduct , the brighter luftre of his abilities , or his im- provements in medical science . It is a melancholy reflection , that they ...
... practice for many years ; without any other enemies than those he raised by the fuperiour merit of his conduct , the brighter luftre of his abilities , or his im- provements in medical science . It is a melancholy reflection , that they ...
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... practice in Oxford . But , finding the ftrength of his conftitution unequal to the fatigue of this profeffion , he relinquifhed it , and accepted the office of secretary to Sir William Swan , who in 1664 , was appointed envoy to the ...
... practice in Oxford . But , finding the ftrength of his conftitution unequal to the fatigue of this profeffion , he relinquifhed it , and accepted the office of secretary to Sir William Swan , who in 1664 , was appointed envoy to the ...
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... practice of this great man , is more than fufficient to weigh down to eternity all the Bolingbrokes and Humes , the Rouffeaus and Voltaires , that have ever lived , or ever will live to the end of time . Let the modern free thinkers ...
... practice of this great man , is more than fufficient to weigh down to eternity all the Bolingbrokes and Humes , the Rouffeaus and Voltaires , that have ever lived , or ever will live to the end of time . Let the modern free thinkers ...
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Страница 48 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Страница 312 - Eye hath not seen, nor Ear heard, neither hath it entered into the Heart of Man, to conceive the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Страница 103 - Many who praise virtue, do no more than praise it. Yet it is reasonable to believe that Addison's professions and practice were at no great variance, since, amidst that storm of faction in which most of his life was passed, though his station made him conspicuous and his activity made him formidable, the character given him by his friends was never contradicted by his enemies : of...
Страница 363 - The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which, being united to the heavenly grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection.
Страница 45 - ... esteem of posterity; of which he will not easily be deprived while learning shall have any reverence among men; for there is no science in which he does not discover some skill, and scarce any kind of knowledge, profane or sacred, abstruse, or elegant, which he does not appear to have cultivated with...
Страница 67 - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its Author ; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Страница 105 - He has dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety with vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character " above all Greek, above all Roman fame.
Страница 21 - I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Страница 316 - Surely there is no man who, thus afflicted, does not seek succour in the gospel, which has brought life and immortality to light. The precepts of Epicurus, who teaches us to endure what the laws of the universe make necessary, may silence, but not content us.
Страница 35 - ... his humanity, courtesy and affability was such, that he would have been thought to have been bred in the best courts, but that his good nature, charity and delight in doing good, and in communicating all he knew, exceeded that breeding.