The Works of Samuel Parr, Ll.D. ...: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, and a Selection from His Correspondence,Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green., 1828 |
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... endeavour to establish the validity of those principles , by which objections of the kind just mentioned to you may be proved unphilosophical as well as irreligious ; and secondly , by a more distinct examination of the objections ...
... endeavour to establish the validity of those principles , by which objections of the kind just mentioned to you may be proved unphilosophical as well as irreligious ; and secondly , by a more distinct examination of the objections ...
الصفحة 33
... endeavour to conceal the pride of false philosophy under the specious colouring of a false philanthropy : we turn away our attention from our own abundance , to the wants of others : we affect to be offended at the difference between ...
... endeavour to conceal the pride of false philosophy under the specious colouring of a false philanthropy : we turn away our attention from our own abundance , to the wants of others : we affect to be offended at the difference between ...
الصفحة 41
... endeavour to banish it from the spot which it already occu- pies . Rather ought we to reflect upon the nu- merous and complicated difficulties which it has already encountered with success . More especially are we interested in ...
... endeavour to banish it from the spot which it already occu- pies . Rather ought we to reflect upon the nu- merous and complicated difficulties which it has already encountered with success . More especially are we interested in ...
الصفحة 44
... of our religion , we endeavour to defend it from the attacks of its adversaries , we cannot but lament those faults among its friends which give occasion for such defence . The cause , and , in respect to God , 44 SERMON I.
... of our religion , we endeavour to defend it from the attacks of its adversaries , we cannot but lament those faults among its friends which give occasion for such defence . The cause , and , in respect to God , 44 SERMON I.
الصفحة 57
... endeavour to reduce it to a total incapa- city of doing any good ; for the bulk of mankind will never obey the law which they are taught to despise , and we know from the melancholy expe- rience of men whose attainments and whose native ...
... endeavour to reduce it to a total incapa- city of doing any good ; for the bulk of mankind will never obey the law which they are taught to despise , and we know from the melancholy expe- rience of men whose attainments and whose native ...
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الصفحة 422 - Let it be allowed, though virtue or moral rectitude does indeed consist in affection to and pursuit of what is right and good, as such; yet, that when we sit down in a cool hour, we can neither justify to ourselves this or any other pursuit, till we are convinced that it will be for our happiness, or, at least, not contrary to it.
الصفحة 515 - I HAD rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, 1 than that this universal frame is without a mind.
الصفحة 515 - The whole is a riddle, an enigma, an inexplicable mystery. Doubt, uncertainty, suspense of judgment, appear the only result of our most accurate scrutiny concerning this subject. But such is the frailty of human reason, and such the irresistible contagion of opinion, that even this deliberate doubt could scarcely be upheld ; did we not enlarge our view, and opposing one species of superstition to another, set them...
الصفحة 471 - There is a superstition in avoiding superstition, when men think to do best if they go furthest from the superstition formerly received. Therefore care would be had that, as it fareth in ill purgings, the good be not taken away with the bad, which commonly is done when the people is the reformer.
الصفحة 402 - I yield thee most hearty thanks that thou hast given me life thus long to finish this work to the glory of thy name!
الصفحة 379 - ... if celestial spheres should forget their wonted motions, and by irregular volubility turn themselves any way as it might happen ; if the prince of the lights of heaven, which now as a giant doth run his unwearied course, should as it were through a languishing...
الصفحة 648 - And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them ; remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your houses.
الصفحة 585 - I mean the GENIUS of the place. It is a sort of inspiring deity, which every youth of quick sensibility and ingenious disposition creates to himself, by reflecting that he is placed under those venerable walls where a HOOKER and a HAMMOND, a BACON and a NEWTON, once pursued the same course of science, and from whence they soared to the most elevated heights of literary fame.
الصفحة 284 - And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things ? I tell you, Nay ; but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.