The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate1862 |
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... nature of Englishmen to accord him a hearing , though it is equally in the nature of Eng- lishmen not to be swayed by a writer's enthusiasm , or the splendours of his theory , but only by the balance of dry , hard , unelastic facts . If ...
... nature of Englishmen to accord him a hearing , though it is equally in the nature of Eng- lishmen not to be swayed by a writer's enthusiasm , or the splendours of his theory , but only by the balance of dry , hard , unelastic facts . If ...
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... nature triumphed over factitious piety , and proved too strong for Councils and for Popes . The clergy , following Luther's ex- ample , took to themselves wives , and lived as did Adam and St. Peter . It is only , however , in the ...
... nature triumphed over factitious piety , and proved too strong for Councils and for Popes . The clergy , following Luther's ex- ample , took to themselves wives , and lived as did Adam and St. Peter . It is only , however , in the ...
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... natural instinct he ascribes the rise of the mo- nastic institution ; but here , in the first place , he betrays an ignorance of human nature , and overlooks fact . So far from human nature exhibiting a tendency to solitude , it has ...
... natural instinct he ascribes the rise of the mo- nastic institution ; but here , in the first place , he betrays an ignorance of human nature , and overlooks fact . So far from human nature exhibiting a tendency to solitude , it has ...
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... nature's ) native guilt by a life of sacrifice and mortification . " ( p . 12. ) Here , then , we have Monasticism identified with Natural Religion or Heathenism , in its moving principle and tendency ; and this , together with the date ...
... nature's ) native guilt by a life of sacrifice and mortification . " ( p . 12. ) Here , then , we have Monasticism identified with Natural Religion or Heathenism , in its moving principle and tendency ; and this , together with the date ...
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... natural law of wealth . The only question is , whether this consequence was merely an accident , or whether it was the inherent genuine tendency of their asso- ciation . No one who knows human nature need be at any loss for the answer ...
... natural law of wealth . The only question is , whether this consequence was merely an accident , or whether it was the inherent genuine tendency of their asso- ciation . No one who knows human nature need be at any loss for the answer ...
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Page 93 - And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge ; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness ; And to godliness brotherly kindness ; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 13 - And now, Lord, behold their threatenings, and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, by stretching forth thine hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
Page 85 - Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, And my right hand hath spanned the heavens: When I call unto them, they stand up together.
Page 157 - The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul : the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart : the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Page 86 - Thou, even thou, art LORD alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.