Lectures on Systematic Theology and Pulpit EloquenceLectures composed for the students of divinity in Marischal college and first delivered in 1772 and 1773. |
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Another kind of civil power committed to presbyteries , is the power of presenting ( as some understand the law ) to vacant parishes , upon the devolution of the right , by the patron's neglecting to exercise it for six months after the ...
Another kind of civil power committed to presbyteries , is the power of presenting ( as some understand the law ) to vacant parishes , upon the devolution of the right , by the patron's neglecting to exercise it for six months after the ...
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Whether it is a real advantage to us to possess this kind of secular authority , is a question foreign to my present purpose . For my own part I am strongly inclined to think , that if the legislature had made proper provision for ...
Whether it is a real advantage to us to possess this kind of secular authority , is a question foreign to my present purpose . For my own part I am strongly inclined to think , that if the legislature had made proper provision for ...
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... enter into the spirit and sentiments of the inspired writers , and may not be led to receive , by a kind of implicit faith , the whole system of christian institutes from the dogmas and decisions of some favourite chief or leader .
... enter into the spirit and sentiments of the inspired writers , and may not be led to receive , by a kind of implicit faith , the whole system of christian institutes from the dogmas and decisions of some favourite chief or leader .
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We claim no coercive power over you of any kind . Our only hold of you is by persuasion . And for attaining this hold , our only dependence is on your own discernment and discretion . We proceed on the supposition , that ye are not only ...
We claim no coercive power over you of any kind . Our only hold of you is by persuasion . And for attaining this hold , our only dependence is on your own discernment and discretion . We proceed on the supposition , that ye are not only ...
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Accordingly objections of the former kind are properly philosophical , of the latter historical , and critical . As to those of the class first mentioned , upon the most impartial examination I have ever been able to make of them ...
Accordingly objections of the former kind are properly philosophical , of the latter historical , and critical . As to those of the class first mentioned , upon the most impartial examination I have ever been able to make of them ...
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