An Essay on the Identity and General Resurrection of the Human Body: In which the Evidences in Favour of These Important Subjects are Considered in Relation Both to Philosophy and ScriptureR. Edwards, 1822 - 487 pages |
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Page iv
... appear inadequate to perform . Metaphysical researches are so far removed from manual labour and humble life , that many have expressed their surprise that they should ever have been united . Hence , as it respects myself , the question ...
... appear inadequate to perform . Metaphysical researches are so far removed from manual labour and humble life , that many have expressed their surprise that they should ever have been united . Hence , as it respects myself , the question ...
Page xx
... appears , but lit- tle can be said that will be of any avail . The author has not vanity enough to imagine that what he has written is free from defect . But whatever is submitted to the public eye , ap- peals to a tribunal , by the ...
... appears , but lit- tle can be said that will be of any avail . The author has not vanity enough to imagine that what he has written is free from defect . But whatever is submitted to the public eye , ap- peals to a tribunal , by the ...
Page xxii
... appear , it is perhaps more frequently adopted than considered . And thousands , from what they consider an attachment to reason , cherish their scruples , and argue in their defence , from grounds which have a less permanent founda ...
... appear , it is perhaps more frequently adopted than considered . And thousands , from what they consider an attachment to reason , cherish their scruples , and argue in their defence , from grounds which have a less permanent founda ...
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... appear incredible that God should raise the dead ; and by plac- ing the fact itself in such a light as will free it from those charges which are made to excite disgust . It is our duty to be ready always to give an answer to every man ...
... appear incredible that God should raise the dead ; and by plac- ing the fact itself in such a light as will free it from those charges which are made to excite disgust . It is our duty to be ready always to give an answer to every man ...
Page xxviii
... appears , the reader naturally expects that the author should inform him , what alterations it has undergone , what additions have been made to its pages , and in what respects the volume has been improved . To all these questions , and ...
... appears , the reader naturally expects that the author should inform him , what alterations it has undergone , what additions have been made to its pages , and in what respects the volume has been improved . To all these questions , and ...
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