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... faculties of discernment and investigation that God has given . ( 2 ) That he is a knowing or intelligent creature , who is capable of discriminating truth from falsehood . ( 3 ) That he is a creature capable of indefinite progress , of ...
... faculties of discernment and investigation that God has given . ( 2 ) That he is a knowing or intelligent creature , who is capable of discriminating truth from falsehood . ( 3 ) That he is a creature capable of indefinite progress , of ...
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... faculties in excess , or deficient , or in both . A faculty in excess is one which has no opportunity for full exercise ; and a deficient faculty is one from which circumstances demand more than it can perform . The principle of life is ...
... faculties in excess , or deficient , or in both . A faculty in excess is one which has no opportunity for full exercise ; and a deficient faculty is one from which circumstances demand more than it can perform . The principle of life is ...
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... faculties with no opportunity for their exercise , or not having all the senses or faculties he could exercise if he had them . The ridiculous and entire falsehood of such a definition is so plain that it is needless to develope it ...
... faculties with no opportunity for their exercise , or not having all the senses or faculties he could exercise if he had them . The ridiculous and entire falsehood of such a definition is so plain that it is needless to develope it ...
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... faculties must be still more liable to abuse than a few only . If circumstances underwent no change , some faculties might be enfeebled by lack of exercise , and others be quickened and made more perfect and acute . If circumstances ...
... faculties must be still more liable to abuse than a few only . If circumstances underwent no change , some faculties might be enfeebled by lack of exercise , and others be quickened and made more perfect and acute . If circumstances ...
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... faculties , and the more important the influence which these have exercised on the whole course of known physical change , and the actual state of the world in which we live , the stronger is the pre- sumption for the prominence which ...
... faculties , and the more important the influence which these have exercised on the whole course of known physical change , and the actual state of the world in which we live , the stronger is the pre- sumption for the prominence which ...
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Page 207 - Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Page 192 - And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms concerning me.
Page 177 - God, according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord ; in whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
Page 235 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 24 - He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Page 181 - Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
Page 190 - Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest ? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields ; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal : that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
Page 25 - Saviour ; knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying ; Where is the promise of his coming ? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
Page 141 - For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.
Page 12 - Works by Archdeacon HARDWICK. A HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Middle Age. From Gregory the Great to the Excommunication of Luther. Edited by WILLIAM STUBBS, MA, Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford. With Four Maps constructed for this work by A. KEITH JOHNSTON.