The Ground and Credibility of the Christian Religion: In a Course of Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford, at the Lecture Founded by the Rev. John BamptonL. Davis, 1788 - 302 pagine |
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Pagina 7
... reason fhudders at the defperate ftake the rafh adventurer risks in an unequal conteft ; where he can gain nothing , and may lofe every thing . But amidst the various engines , that have been fet at work , to prejudice the interests of ...
... reason fhudders at the defperate ftake the rafh adventurer risks in an unequal conteft ; where he can gain nothing , and may lofe every thing . But amidst the various engines , that have been fet at work , to prejudice the interests of ...
Pagina 17
... to be laid in reafon ; and its rule of conduct to confist in the di- rection of that reason , and the apparent aptitude and propriety of things . Mo- B ral SERMON ral fitnefs , the object of his idolatry , OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION . 17.
... to be laid in reafon ; and its rule of conduct to confist in the di- rection of that reason , and the apparent aptitude and propriety of things . Mo- B ral SERMON ral fitnefs , the object of his idolatry , OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION . 17.
Pagina 19
... reason , thus biaffed by appetite , may feem to fanction . He may laugh at superstition and indulgences : but were matters fairly and honeftly explained ; it would be difficult to determine , in favour of which the divine voice of wif ...
... reason , thus biaffed by appetite , may feem to fanction . He may laugh at superstition and indulgences : but were matters fairly and honeftly explained ; it would be difficult to determine , in favour of which the divine voice of wif ...
Pagina 22
... reason they , " for us reptiles of a day 66 even in thought to approach him . " We are arguing in the dark , when 66 we difpute about his nature and at- " tributes and without being acquain- " ted with his nature and attributes , we 66 ...
... reason they , " for us reptiles of a day 66 even in thought to approach him . " We are arguing in the dark , when 66 we difpute about his nature and at- " tributes and without being acquain- " ted with his nature and attributes , we 66 ...
Pagina 28
... duty of religion : that is , the proper acknowledgment of God's crea- tive power , and upholding goodness , by acts of adoration and praife ; obligatory on on all beings endowed with a degree of SERMON reason 28 THE GROUND AND CREDIBILITY.
... duty of religion : that is , the proper acknowledgment of God's crea- tive power , and upholding goodness , by acts of adoration and praife ; obligatory on on all beings endowed with a degree of SERMON reason 28 THE GROUND AND CREDIBILITY.
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Pagina 1 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies : and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand : and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Pagina iii - Heads of Colleges only, and by no others, in the room adjoining to the PrintingHouse, between the hours of ten in the morning and two in the afternoon, to preach eight Divinity Lecture Sermons, the year following, at St. Mary's in Oxford, between the commencement of the last month in Lent Term, and the end of the third week in Act Term.
Pagina iv - Sermons shall be always printed, within two months after they are preached; and one copy shall be given to the Chancellor of the University, and one copy to the Head of every College, and one copy to the Mayor of the city of Oxford, and one copy to be put into the Bodleian Library; and the...
Pagina 235 - All things are delivered to me of my Father : and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father ; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
Pagina iii - Also I direct and appoint, that the eight Divinity Lecture Sermons shall be preached upon either of the following subjects, — to confirm and establish the Christian Faith, and to confute all heretics and schismatics — upon the divine authority of the Holy Scriptures — upon the authority of the writings of the Primitive Fathers, as to the faith and practice of the Primitive Church — upon the Divinity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ — upon the Divinity of the Holy Ghost — upon the...
Pagina iii - ... deductions made) that he pay all the remainder to the endowment of eight Divinity Lecture Sermons, to be...
Pagina iii - of the Univerfity of Oxford for ever, to have and " to hold all and fingular the faid Lands or Eftates " upon truft, and to the intents and purpofes herein" after mentioned ; that is to fay, I will and appoint " that the Vice-Chancellor of the Univerfity of Ox...
Pagina 214 - .' up, nor caufe his voice to be heard in ' the ftreet, A bruifed reed fhall he not '<' break, and the fmoking flax fhall he not *
Pagina 208 - Lord ; and he fhall not judge after the fight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears. But with righteoufnefs fhall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity, for the meek of the earth: and he fhall finite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips fhall he flay the wicked.
Pagina iii - ... dowment of eight Divinity Lecture Ser*' mons, to be eftablifhed for ever in the faid " Univerfity, and to be performed in the " manner following : *' I direct and appoint, that, upon the firft " Tuefday in Eafter Term, a Lecturer be " yearly chofen by the Heads of Colleges " only, and by no others, in the room ad...