... placed far beyond the sphere of vulgar comprehension ; and ecclesiastics themselves, though assisted by all the advantages of education, erudition, and an assiduous study of the science, could not be fully assured of a just decision, except by the... The History of England - Pàgina 134per David Hume - 1826Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| SEVERAL HANDS - 1759 - 636 pàgines
...were to grope their own war, through this profound ctarknefs; nor would the fcriptures, it trufted to every man's judgment, be able to remedy; on the contrary, they would much augment, thefe fatal illufions: that (acred writ iticlf was involved i« fo much obfcurity, v.'as expofed to... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1759 - 636 pàgines
...that the gates of hell fhould not prevail againft her : that the grofs errors adopted by the wifeft heathens, proved how unfit men were to grope their own way, through. tliis profound darknefs ; nor would the fcriptures, it trufted to every man's judgment, be able to... | |
| John Bell - 1814 - 420 pàgines
...to him the name of Peter, which signifies a Rock ; and promised that upon this rock he would build his church, and that the gates of hell should not prevail against it ; and, moreover, that he would give to him the keys of the kingdom of heaven, 8fc. And again —... | |
| John Lawless - 1815 - 558 pàgines
...assiduous study of the science, could not be fully assured of a just decision, except by the promise made them in scripture, that God would be ever present...how unfit men were to grope their own way, through their profound ignorance; nor would the scriptures, if trusted to their own judgment, be able to remedy... | |
| David Hume - 1818 - 488 pàgines
...assiduous study of the science, could not be fully assured of a just decision ; except by the promise made them in Scripture, that God would be ever present...profound darkness; nor would the Scriptures, if trusted to'every man's judgment, be able to remedy; on the contrary, they would much augment those fatal illusions:... | |
| 1827 - 464 pàgines
...Christ. She was instituted by him : to her he gave his promises that he would build her upon a rock, and that the gates of hell should not prevail against her ; that he would give to her his spirit to guide her into all troth, and remain with her for ever. c. M. —... | |
| John Lawless - 1823 - 362 pàgines
...study of the science, could VOL. i. o not be fully assured of a just decision, except by the promise made them in scripture, that God would be ever present...how unfit men were to grope their own way, through their profound ignorance ; nor would the scriptures, if trusted to their own judgment, be able to remedy... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pàgines
...should not prevail against her; that the çrose errors adopted by the wisest heathens prove how until men were to grope their own way through this profound darkness ; nor would the Scriptures, if trussed to every man1!* judgment, bj able to remedy, on tho contrary, they would much imminent those... | |
| John Hughes - 1834 - 498 pàgines
...church, whom he commanded to feed his lambs and his sheep ; that rock on whom Christ promised to build His church, and that the gates of Hell should not prevail against it ; and, therefore, in communion with this church, and in obedience to the supreme pastor of it, you... | |
| George Pearson - 1836 - 192 pàgines
...and, lastly, in his declaration that "on the rock of Peter's confession he i Luke xxi. 24. would build his church, and that the gates of hell should not prevail against it," he spoke, to us indeed clearly, though perhaps to those to whom his discourse was immediately... | |
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