The Works of Leonard Woods, D.D.: Essays & sermonsJ.D. Flagg & W.H. Wardwell, 1850 - Congregational churches |
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... ourselves beyond the reach of error , or too old to be capable of higher acquisitions in knowledge . Great improvement may be made by those who have studied the Christian religion with the best advantages , and for the longest time ...
... ourselves beyond the reach of error , or too old to be capable of higher acquisitions in knowledge . Great improvement may be made by those who have studied the Christian religion with the best advantages , and for the longest time ...
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... ourselves with the assurance that he will give it success . Long and dreary has been the time in which error has borne sway . But the bright and glorious day will come , in which truth shall reign through the world , and shall reign ...
... ourselves with the assurance that he will give it success . Long and dreary has been the time in which error has borne sway . But the bright and glorious day will come , in which truth shall reign through the world , and shall reign ...
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... ourselves , earnestly desirous of knowing the truth , and resolved to embrace it , how much soever it may oppose the prepossessions of our natural reason or the bias of our own heart . And it requires that we should apply ourselves ...
... ourselves , earnestly desirous of knowing the truth , and resolved to embrace it , how much soever it may oppose the prepossessions of our natural reason or the bias of our own heart . And it requires that we should apply ourselves ...
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... ourselves . Hence our natural views and feelings as to the propriety or the desirableness of any particular doctrine should not influence our judgment as to the true meaning of the revelation which God has made . If in the instance now ...
... ourselves . Hence our natural views and feelings as to the propriety or the desirableness of any particular doctrine should not influence our judgment as to the true meaning of the revelation which God has made . If in the instance now ...
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... ourselves to the single question , whether the Scriptures reveal the fact . If , without any revelation , we were able , in our way of reasoning , to prove to our own satisfaction the justice and the necessity of endless punishment ...
... ourselves to the single question , whether the Scriptures reveal the fact . If , without any revelation , we were able , in our way of reasoning , to prove to our own satisfaction the justice and the necessity of endless punishment ...
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