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The Theological Reasoner, or the Mysteries of Divinity Explained, by a Christian Friend to Truth - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1824. Excerpt: ... towards God and our fellows, Psalm xix. 7 to 14; and Isaiah's Prophecy, i. 16, 17; and St. Matthew's Gospel, v. 27 to 30; and in St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, viii. 4 to 8, and 13. In all these, as through the whole of the divine words it is decidedly clear, that they are as averse to immoral and unholy disposition or deportment as possible, whence is an indication of their pure or holy kind and tendency; the which being opposite to the impure and unholy principles and life, is in the very nature of the case a positive avowal of them not having any connection with an unholy impure cause; for as an effect is so must the cause be; and as the Scriptures have in their very nature all pure and good to mankind and the divine Being, they have come from the source of good in order to be good and holy; and as there is only one source of good and holiness, who is God, then they must have come from him primarily, by his operations and teachings to good men, as aforesaid, and from them to all who have or may see or hear them; and thus as pure gold came from the same kind of mine; as pure diamonds came from its kind of stone; as the pure rays of the illuminating sun come from the same, and are the same sort of light and heat, or kind; or as the voice in words is as the thoughts of the mind, so the divine words came from, and are as the eternal mind towards his creatures, pure and holy, and therefore just and right in all they say and. do in every respect, Psalm xii. G, 7; and St. Paul's second Epistle to Timothy, iii. 15, Id, 17. Nor is it possible that the divine word or the Scriptures could have any cause but God, seeing they uniformly evince and produce all that is in any way proper or righteous: yea, as impossible is it as to prove that any object produced-can...
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- PublisherGeneral Books LLC
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1150249900
- ISBN 13 9781150249907
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages100
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