Essay on instinct, and its physical and moral relations1824 |
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... holy seat in the temple of the heart , into every secular act appointed to reason and sense , a superior principle designed for the highest spiritual offices of an im- mortal soul . To favour the one class , we must not exalt too high ...
... holy seat in the temple of the heart , into every secular act appointed to reason and sense , a superior principle designed for the highest spiritual offices of an im- mortal soul . To favour the one class , we must not exalt too high ...
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... Holy Scriptures as the only re- vealed will of God to his creature man , I shall avail myself of any admission or discovery , which , in the present as well as in former ages , philosophers may have either stumbled upon , as it were ...
... Holy Scriptures as the only re- vealed will of God to his creature man , I shall avail myself of any admission or discovery , which , in the present as well as in former ages , philosophers may have either stumbled upon , as it were ...
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... holy spirit in us , that deals with us , as he is dealt with by us . " — " God is near thee , and he is in thee ; the holy spirit sits or resides within us , the observer of our good and See Dawson's Origin of Laws , and Stewart's ...
... holy spirit in us , that deals with us , as he is dealt with by us . " — " God is near thee , and he is in thee ; the holy spirit sits or resides within us , the observer of our good and See Dawson's Origin of Laws , and Stewart's ...
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... Holy Scripture more especially leans , the triumph must be awarded . In reference to the following , and many other quo tations , brought forward to illustrate the different parts of this Essay , I take this opportunity of stating my ...
... Holy Scripture more especially leans , the triumph must be awarded . In reference to the following , and many other quo tations , brought forward to illustrate the different parts of this Essay , I take this opportunity of stating my ...
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... necessary to man : therefore , that the volume of Holy Scripture supplies that necessity , and now con- stitutes the common measure and extent of that reve- R lation : consequently , that our duties can only be On the System of Locke . 257.
... necessary to man : therefore , that the volume of Holy Scripture supplies that necessity , and now con- stitutes the common measure and extent of that reve- R lation : consequently , that our duties can only be On the System of Locke . 257.
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Page 166 - Lives thro' all life, extends thro' all extent ; Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect, in vile Man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 480 - Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Page 481 - Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you ? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
Page 6 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 548 - Not a flower But shows some touch, in freckle, streak, or stain, Of his unrivall'd pencil. He inspires Their balmy odours, and imparts their hues, And bathes their eyes with nectar, and includes, In grains as countless as the seaside sands, The forms with which he sprinkles all the earth.
Page 480 - And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God, for I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Page 543 - What think ye of Christ? whose son is he?" They say unto him, " The son of David." He saith unto them, " How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool ? If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
Page 480 - Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
Page 166 - Who taught the nations of the field and wood To shun their poison, and to choose their food ? Prescient, the tides or tempests to withstand, Build on the wave, or arch beneath the sand?
Page 194 - Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn That he who made it, and reveal'd its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age.