The Portrait of St. Paul, Or, The True Model for Christians and Pastors1880 - 241 pages |
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Page 36
... errors ; provided that we are always prepared , like St. Paul , to confess and repair them . To err is the lot of humanity : obstinacy in error is the character of a demon : but humbly to acknowledge , and anxiously to repair an error ...
... errors ; provided that we are always prepared , like St. Paul , to confess and repair them . To err is the lot of humanity : obstinacy in error is the character of a demon : but humbly to acknowledge , and anxiously to repair an error ...
Page 50
... error has the suffrages of many per . sons , respectable on account of their wisdom , their age , their rank , their labours , or their piety , that a sincere Christian may be tempted to sacrifice truth to authority , or rather to a ...
... error has the suffrages of many per . sons , respectable on account of their wisdom , their age , their rank , their labours , or their piety , that a sincere Christian may be tempted to sacrifice truth to authority , or rather to a ...
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... Error may be compared to a vessel of clay , and truth to a vase of massy gold . In vain is calumnny endeavouring to render the truth contemptible by overheaping it with every thing that is abominable ; in vain would prejudice give error ...
... Error may be compared to a vessel of clay , and truth to a vase of massy gold . In vain is calumnny endeavouring to render the truth contemptible by overheaping it with every thing that is abominable ; in vain would prejudice give error ...
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