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 Seiten |
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... thing that was curious in most places ; and , that nothing might escape him , attentively perufed the hiftory of every town and province , through which he travelled . Nor was he attentive to their antiquities alone , but remarked ...
... thing that was curious in most places ; and , that nothing might escape him , attentively perufed the hiftory of every town and province , through which he travelled . Nor was he attentive to their antiquities alone , but remarked ...
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... things natural . For his maxim was , " That every thing , which is the ob- ject of faith cannot be the object of reason , and much less fubject to it . " Hence he never was moved with the dif ourfes of free thinkers , who , he faid , 28 ...
... things natural . For his maxim was , " That every thing , which is the ob- ject of faith cannot be the object of reason , and much less fubject to it . " Hence he never was moved with the dif ourfes of free thinkers , who , he faid , 28 ...
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... things . " The accounts which are given of his learning the math- ematics , as well as the progress he early made in ... thing , which was just the thirty fecond propofition of the first book of Euclid . He had , from henceforth , full ...
... things . " The accounts which are given of his learning the math- ematics , as well as the progress he early made in ... thing , which was just the thirty fecond propofition of the first book of Euclid . He had , from henceforth , full ...
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... thing , which if he were looked on as a very religious man , might caft a reproach on his profef- fion , and give great advantages to impious men , to blaf- pheme the name of God . " He ufed , however , conftantly to worship God in his ...
... thing , which if he were looked on as a very religious man , might caft a reproach on his profef- fion , and give great advantages to impious men , to blaf- pheme the name of God . " He ufed , however , conftantly to worship God in his ...
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... things , and a difpofition to cultivate and improve it to the utmoft . The greatest diligence and application to ftudy , was a diftinguishing trait of his early life . He not only made a prodigious progrefs in many branches of lit ...
... things , and a difpofition to cultivate and improve it to the utmoft . The greatest diligence and application to ftudy , was a diftinguishing trait of his early life . He not only made a prodigious progrefs in many branches of lit ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.