A vindication of the religious opinions of the higher classes in this country: in letters to W. Wilberforce upon his Practical view of the prevailing religious system of the same. By one of the arraigned [signing himself Objector]. |
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Side xi
The generally prevailing error of substituting amiable tempers and useful lives in the place of Religion , stated and confuted ; with hints to real Christians ..... PAGE ..... 138 LETTER X. CHAP . IV . § 5. 8vo . edit . p . 223 .
The generally prevailing error of substituting amiable tempers and useful lives in the place of Religion , stated and confuted ; with hints to real Christians ..... PAGE ..... 138 LETTER X. CHAP . IV . § 5. 8vo . edit . p . 223 .
Side 3
But if we see a drunken Mahommedan or a robber Christian , we must not charge these things as errors upon their respective creeds . If the Persian attributed the drunkenness of the Turk to his different opinion of who was first Caliph ...
But if we see a drunken Mahommedan or a robber Christian , we must not charge these things as errors upon their respective creeds . If the Persian attributed the drunkenness of the Turk to his different opinion of who was first Caliph ...
Side 14
tainly there is no appeal ; but surely , Sir , it is not necessary for me to inform you , that almost every error , heresy , and absurdity , since the foundation of Christianity , has been referred with confidence to precisely the same ...
tainly there is no appeal ; but surely , Sir , it is not necessary for me to inform you , that almost every error , heresy , and absurdity , since the foundation of Christianity , has been referred with confidence to precisely the same ...
Side 24
You next bring against us two maxims , which you pronounce false , and which you put into our mouths as a source of error : ( p . 14 ) . First , First , you make us say , " It signifies little what a man be- lieves ; look to his ...
You next bring against us two maxims , which you pronounce false , and which you put into our mouths as a source of error : ( p . 14 ) . First , First , you make us say , " It signifies little what a man be- lieves ; look to his ...
Side 35
... principle liable to error ; the extension of those passions , which , though given us for good purposes , will , if unchecked , in time conduce to evil ; -all these things are , at different times , signified by such like terms .
... principle liable to error ; the extension of those passions , which , though given us for good purposes , will , if unchecked , in time conduce to evil ; -all these things are , at different times , signified by such like terms .
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