Immortality, 4 sermons. Hulsean lects., 1868 |
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... future rewards and punishments , although in the First Lecture it was comprised within the scope of my argument . I had said , that I hoped to show , that the Christian scheme satisfied us , not only of existence , but also of ...
... future rewards and punishments , although in the First Lecture it was comprised within the scope of my argument . I had said , that I hoped to show , that the Christian scheme satisfied us , not only of existence , but also of ...
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... future recompense will be " according to the deeds done in the body . " It would have been necessary also to meet the moral difficulties , arising from the application of the term aiúvios ( " eternal " ) , to future punishments ; and ...
... future recompense will be " according to the deeds done in the body . " It would have been necessary also to meet the moral difficulties , arising from the application of the term aiúvios ( " eternal " ) , to future punishments ; and ...
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... future retribution , did not belong to the earlier stages of belief ' . But on the other hand , it was equally plain , that in spite of this progress , and in spite of the efforts of their most 1 See , on this growth of the moral ...
... future retribution , did not belong to the earlier stages of belief ' . But on the other hand , it was equally plain , that in spite of this progress , and in spite of the efforts of their most 1 See , on this growth of the moral ...
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... Future Life was made to the Jews under the Old Covenant . Of the remarkable fact , that , in the Law of Moses , the promises of a Future Life are never appealed to , as motives of obedience , I have not attempted any explanation . I ...
... Future Life was made to the Jews under the Old Covenant . Of the remarkable fact , that , in the Law of Moses , the promises of a Future Life are never appealed to , as motives of obedience , I have not attempted any explanation . I ...
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... Future Life , and a Resurrection of the Body . Christianity appeals to the fact of Christ's Resurrection , as the evidence that we also shall be raised , because by His close and intimate union with us , as our Redeemer , His ...
... Future Life , and a Resurrection of the Body . Christianity appeals to the fact of Christ's Resurrection , as the evidence that we also shall be raised , because by His close and intimate union with us , as our Redeemer , His ...
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Page 59 - I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith : henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give to me at that day : and not only to me, but also to all them that have loved his appearing.
Page 86 - But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die, and their departure is taken for misery, and their going from us utter destruction ; but they are in peace.
Page 33 - ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility ; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty to judge both the quick and dead, we may rise to the life immortal...
Page 1 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
Page xii - If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number'} No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence? No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.
Page 59 - I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.
Page xiv - In itself it is of little moment whether we express the phenomena of matter in terms of spirit ; or the phenomena of spirit, in terms of matter ; matter may be regarded as a form of thought, thought may be regarded as a property of matter — each statement has a certain relative truth. But with a view to the progress of science, the materialistic terminology is in every way to be preferred.
Page 102 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life ; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Page 121 - Associated with this wonderful mechanism of the animal body we have phenomena no less certain than those of physics, but between which and the mechanism we discern no necessary connection. A man, for example, can say, I feel, I think, I love; but how does consciousness infuse itself into the problem ? The human brain is said to be the organ of.
Page 122 - ... and illuminated as to enable us to see and feel the very molecules of the brain ; were we capable of following all their motions, all their groupings, all their electric discharges, if such there be; and were we intimately acquainted with the corresponding states of thought and feeling, we should be as far as ever from the solution of the problem, " How are these physical processes connected with the facts of consciousness ? " The chasm between the two classes of phenomena would still remain...