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... reason and conscience which God has vouchsafed to every man as his guides . If , after allowing for our own comparative inability to judge : if , after seeking for the best instruction we can obtain , we yet feel convinced that what is ...
... reason and conscience which God has vouchsafed to every man as his guides . If , after allowing for our own comparative inability to judge : if , after seeking for the best instruction we can obtain , we yet feel convinced that what is ...
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... reason , and en- lighten our conscience to the best of our ability , is a sacred obligation ; but to act against the deliberate dictates of our reason , and the repeated admonitions of our conscience , is a serious sin . The difficulty ...
... reason , and en- lighten our conscience to the best of our ability , is a sacred obligation ; but to act against the deliberate dictates of our reason , and the repeated admonitions of our conscience , is a serious sin . The difficulty ...
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... reason to discover or to account for upon earthly principles alone ; yet the Spirit of the Almighty , as it knoweth what is in man , must undoubtedly have the power , and , as the spirit of love and wis- dom , must surely have had the ...
... reason to discover or to account for upon earthly principles alone ; yet the Spirit of the Almighty , as it knoweth what is in man , must undoubtedly have the power , and , as the spirit of love and wis- dom , must surely have had the ...
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... reason and learning have devised . From all these various and undeniable circum- stances , it may , perhaps , be inferred , that Scrip- ture doctrines should not be left to the judgment and diligence of each individual to settle for him ...
... reason and learning have devised . From all these various and undeniable circum- stances , it may , perhaps , be inferred , that Scrip- ture doctrines should not be left to the judgment and diligence of each individual to settle for him ...
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... reason have we to suppose that this mode of endeavouring to ascertain the truth is really likely to lead to the establishment of an essential unanimity among professing Christians ? If men are to judge for themselves concerning what ...
... reason have we to suppose that this mode of endeavouring to ascertain the truth is really likely to lead to the establishment of an essential unanimity among professing Christians ? If men are to judge for themselves concerning what ...
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