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... believe . And though this knowledge was for a time guarded as a secret treasure , not to be lightly exhibited to the profane , it was not possible to protect it successfully from the search . of curious inquirers , and so , very full ...
... believe . And though this knowledge was for a time guarded as a secret treasure , not to be lightly exhibited to the profane , it was not possible to protect it successfully from the search . of curious inquirers , and so , very full ...
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... believe to be true , others which we know to be false , or to have been taken for granted without evidence , occupied their lives in drawing out , by logical process , con- clusions from this farrago of truth and falsehood . At the time ...
... believe to be true , others which we know to be false , or to have been taken for granted without evidence , occupied their lives in drawing out , by logical process , con- clusions from this farrago of truth and falsehood . At the time ...
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... believe in a Being of moral perfection whose justice and good- ness are undisturbed by human passions ; who gives authority to that voice which man finds in himself , reviewing his own conduct , and visiting it with censure when he has ...
... believe in a Being of moral perfection whose justice and good- ness are undisturbed by human passions ; who gives authority to that voice which man finds in himself , reviewing his own conduct , and visiting it with censure when he has ...
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... believe the true type of these Agnostics to be the sailors of Columbus , who begged and implored him to turn his ship round , confident as they were that he was on a path on which nothing could be found . But this confidence arose from ...
... believe the true type of these Agnostics to be the sailors of Columbus , who begged and implored him to turn his ship round , confident as they were that he was on a path on which nothing could be found . But this confidence arose from ...
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... believe that in the destruction of a doomed city the innocent might share the fate of the guilty , he refused to believe what we in our wider experience know to have happened times without number . Are we then to say that we have no ...
... believe that in the destruction of a doomed city the innocent might share the fate of the guilty , he refused to believe what we in our wider experience know to have happened times without number . Are we then to say that we have no ...
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according Achish æther allegorical method Apostle Arians Authorised Version baptism believe Bible blessed character Christ Christian Church claim difficulty disciples Divine doctrine doubt duty earthly Epistle evil fact faith Father favour feel gain give given glory Gnosticism God's Gospel grace happiness hath heart heathen Hebrews Holy honour human Irenæus Jehovah Jesus Jewish Jews judge judgment Justin Martyr knowledge live Lord Lord's master means ment method of interpretation mind moral Naaman nature object Old Testament ourselves pain passages Paul penalty Peter philosophy pleasure practical prayer preached preacher present principle promise proof punishment question recognised religion revealed reward righteousness Rimmon Roman Catholic rule Scripture sense shame sinner sins slave slavery soul speak Spirit suffering supposed Synoptic Gospels taught teaching temptation Thee things thought tion translation true truth unto word charity writers