Lectures on Systematic Theology and Pulpit EloquenceW. Wells and T. B. Wait & Company, 1810 - 333 pages Lectures composed for the students of divinity in Marischal college and first delivered in 1772 and 1773. |
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... language or the Eng- lish . I weighed impartially the arguments on both sides , and did at last , I think with reason , determine in favour of the latter . On the one side some appear- ance of dignity pleaded ; on the other , real ...
... language or the Eng- lish . I weighed impartially the arguments on both sides , and did at last , I think with reason , determine in favour of the latter . On the one side some appear- ance of dignity pleaded ; on the other , real ...
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... language and style are perfectly familiar and perspicuous to their hearers , find considerable difficulty to command an at- tentive hearing for half an hour , especially to matters of speculation ; they have little need then , if I may ...
... language and style are perfectly familiar and perspicuous to their hearers , find considerable difficulty to command an at- tentive hearing for half an hour , especially to matters of speculation ; they have little need then , if I may ...
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... languages . There are pieces of trial assigned , as has been observed , with the express view of discovering the ... language , according to the scholastic rules of disputa- tions formerly much in vogue , if any person present shall ...
... languages . There are pieces of trial assigned , as has been observed , with the express view of discovering the ... language , according to the scholastic rules of disputa- tions formerly much in vogue , if any person present shall ...
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... languages . I have assigned the reasons of this recommendation in a former discourse , and I hope they will be found satis- factory . I am the more emboldened to urge your attention to this recommendation at present , as I can say with ...
... languages . I have assigned the reasons of this recommendation in a former discourse , and I hope they will be found satis- factory . I am the more emboldened to urge your attention to this recommendation at present , as I can say with ...
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... languages , as there is now . As the knowledge of these is of great and un- doubted consequence to those who would make them- selves masters of the christian theology , the opportu- nity you have at this time ought not to be neglected ...
... languages , as there is now . As the knowledge of these is of great and un- doubted consequence to those who would make them- selves masters of the christian theology , the opportu- nity you have at this time ought not to be neglected ...
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