Sermons and Tracts Upon Religious SubjectsJ. Eddowes; and sold by B. White, and T. Cadell, in London; J. and J. Fletcher, and D. Prince, in Oxford; and J. Woodyer, in Cambridge, 1777 - 354 страници |
Между кориците на книгата
Резултати 1 - 5 от 100.
Страница 15
... religion * . " This is the author's great discovery . The whole fecret is out . And here one cannot but wonder to see a position , which is laid down by all that write in defence of mira- cles , pleaded as a decifive argument against ...
... religion * . " This is the author's great discovery . The whole fecret is out . And here one cannot but wonder to see a position , which is laid down by all that write in defence of mira- cles , pleaded as a decifive argument against ...
Страница 19
... religion and morality . As to the queftion of fact - Whether any fuch interpofitions have been ever known or obferved ? this must be tried , like all other hiftorical facts , by the teftimony of those C 2 * Nervton Opt . Ed . Lat . p ...
... religion and morality . As to the queftion of fact - Whether any fuch interpofitions have been ever known or obferved ? this must be tried , like all other hiftorical facts , by the teftimony of those C 2 * Nervton Opt . Ed . Lat . p ...
Страница 21
... religions have been founded on miracles . None but the Chriftian and Jewish appear to be fo founded , But there is a fort of miracles , which men of all religions have agreed in believing , " A miracle , " as this author fays , may " be ...
... religions have been founded on miracles . None but the Chriftian and Jewish appear to be fo founded , But there is a fort of miracles , which men of all religions have agreed in believing , " A miracle , " as this author fays , may " be ...
Страница 33
... religion , with a clear and exprefs au- thority ? This mission of a prophet would be miraculous : but the miracle would not appear ; and therefore other miracles would be neceffary to atteft it's truth . Superior knowledge and virtue ...
... religion , with a clear and exprefs au- thority ? This mission of a prophet would be miraculous : but the miracle would not appear ; and therefore other miracles would be neceffary to atteft it's truth . Superior knowledge and virtue ...
Страница 39
... religion and morality to their true principles , and to establish the practice of them in the world . The cha- racter of those who were appointed to this work , and the doctrines which they taught , correspond perfectly with this defign ...
... religion and morality to their true principles , and to establish the practice of them in the world . The cha- racter of those who were appointed to this work , and the doctrines which they taught , correspond perfectly with this defign ...
Други издания - Преглед на всички
Често срещани думи и фрази
action affert affurance againſt anſwer Apoſtles attefted becauſe beſt bleffing cafe caufe cauſe character charity Chrift Chriftian cife circumftances confequence confider confiftent contrary courſe credible defign doctrines duty eſtabliſhed evidence evil exiſtence experience fact fafely faid faith falfe falſe fame favour fays fcripture fecure feems feen felves fenfe fhall fhould firft firſt fome fpirit ftill ftrength fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed fupport fure give goodneſs Goſpel greateſt happineſs hath heaven higheſt himſelf hiſtory holy impoffible increaſe intereft itſelf laſt lefs ligion Lord mankind meaſure mercy mind moft Montgeron moral moſt motives muft muſt nature neceffary obedience obfervation obligation occafion ourſelves paffions perfons piety pleaſure prefent principle proof publick queftion racter reaſon religion ſhall ſtate ſtill teftimony thee thefe themſelves theſe miracles things thofe thoſe tion true truth underſtanding univerfal unto uſe virtue virtuous whofe witneffes witneſſes
Популярни откъси
Страница 376 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Страница 202 - And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did...
Страница 350 - The secret things belong unto the LORD our God : but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Страница 56 - ... and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves ; of such undoubted integrity as to place them beyond all suspicion of any design to deceive others ; of such credit and reputation in the eyes of mankind as to have a great deal to lose in case of...
Страница 338 - He himself made man from the beginning, and left him in the hand of his counsel ; If thou wilt, to keep the commandments, and to perform acceptable faithfulness.
Страница 239 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it ; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Страница 72 - ... more indirectly, to overthrow every other system. In destroying a rival system, it likewise destroys the credit of those miracles on which that system was established ; so that all the prodigies of different religions are to be regarded as contrary facts, and the evidences of these prodigies, whether weak or strong, as opposite to each other.
Страница 51 - But suppose that all the historians who treat of England should agree that, on the first of January 1600, Queen Elizabeth died; that both before and after her death she was seen by her physicians and the whole court, as is usual with persons of her rank; that her successor was acknowledged and proclaimed by the parliament; and that, after being interred a month, she again appeared, resumed the throne, and governed England for three years.
Страница 119 - So that, upon the whole, we may conclude that the Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one. Mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity. And whoever is moved by faith to assent to it, is conscious of a continued miracle in his own person, which subverts all the principles of his understanding, and gives him a determination to believe what is most...
Страница 122 - I would not say God governs by a rule that we know, or may know, as well as he, and upon our knowledge of which he appeals to men for the justice of his proceedings towards them; which a famous divine has impiously advanced, in a pretended demonstration of his being and attributes. God forbid!