The Letter and the Spirit: Six Sermons on the Inspiration of Holy Scripture, Preached Before the University of Oxford in the Discharge of His Office of Select PreacherMacmillan and Company, 1861 - 181 pages |
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... leaves us seeing things at a distance through a glass darkly . If the Bible con- tained and implied no difficulties at all , it would be singularly unlike the other works of God . The great objection to the view in question lies in the ...
... leaves us seeing things at a distance through a glass darkly . If the Bible con- tained and implied no difficulties at all , it would be singularly unlike the other works of God . The great objection to the view in question lies in the ...
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... leaves their minds tremulously sensitive , at times when action is suspended or impossible . If they are exploring the secrets of nature , the most apathetic enquirer can scarcely help at times touching in spirit the hem of the garment ...
... leaves their minds tremulously sensitive , at times when action is suspended or impossible . If they are exploring the secrets of nature , the most apathetic enquirer can scarcely help at times touching in spirit the hem of the garment ...
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... leaves us free to decline investigations to which we are not equal , and warns us , if we must theorise , to theorise humbly and carefully , knowing that the facts are God's , and the theories are ours . The foregoing argument , it will ...
... leaves us free to decline investigations to which we are not equal , and warns us , if we must theorise , to theorise humbly and carefully , knowing that the facts are God's , and the theories are ours . The foregoing argument , it will ...
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... leaves many diffi- culties unsolved ; but it does not leave them lying like a wall up - piled around the truth , and forming a barrier between the soul and God . It allows , nay , it encourages , enquiry upon a basis of faith . It has ...
... leaves many diffi- culties unsolved ; but it does not leave them lying like a wall up - piled around the truth , and forming a barrier between the soul and God . It allows , nay , it encourages , enquiry upon a basis of faith . It has ...
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... leaves its prospective refer- ence untouched . And generally we may doubt how far it is safe or possible to hang upon a few detached passages , which our Lord has filled with the free spirit of the New Cove- nant , the entire letter of ...
... leaves its prospective refer- ence untouched . And generally we may doubt how far it is safe or possible to hang upon a few detached passages , which our Lord has filled with the free spirit of the New Cove- nant , the entire letter of ...
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Page 172 - ARE you persuaded that the holy Scriptures contain sufficiently all Doctrine required of necessity for eternal salvation through faith in Jesus Christ...
Page 131 - But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God : which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
Page 11 - And an Introduction, explanatory of his position in the Church, with reference to the Parties which divide it. 3 vols. 8vo. cloth, £1 11*.
Page 77 - O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you...
Page 165 - All the Books of the New Testament, as they are commonly received, we do receive, and account them Canonical.
Page 77 - Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Page 15 - Christ and other Masters. A Historical Inquiry into some of the Chief Parallelisms and Contrasts between Christianity and the Religious Systems of the Ancient World.
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Page 173 - Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee : by this we believe that thou earnest forth from God.
Page 127 - And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought ; but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it ; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.