 | John Benjamin Seely - 1825 - 650 pages
...convincing evidence of the doctrine itself, and the ruling providence of its great Author." — Gibbon. " It has God for its author, salvation for its end,...truth without any mixture of error for its matter." — Locke. " Mussulmans are already a sort of heterodox Christians, because they believe firmly the... | |
 | 1825 - 556 pages
...to render men virtuous and happy, even in this life only. The Scripture, on the other hand, ' with God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture of error, for its matter,' it commands with ¡minority, it speaks to the heart and to the understandmg, it reveals the Almighty... | |
 | 874 pages
...poetic, the most faithful, and the most pure and influential of all books. " It has," as Locke said, " God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its subject matter." He, therefore, who is entrusted with the education of the young, and doe* not most... | |
 | 1825 - 630 pages
...Gentile world. FROM LOCKE. LET us study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its author—salvation for its end—and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter. , • FROM... | |
 | Catholic claims - 1826 - 322 pages
...it is demanded that we should surrender the free, stated, and general perusal of that volume which " has God for its author, salvation for its end, and...truth without any mixture of error for its matter." Where the eggs of the cockatrice are thus unsparingly deposited, can it be a cause of surprise that... | |
 | Richard Carlile - 1826 - 878 pages
...superstition, on the one hand, and infidelity on the other. The Bible has God for its author, happiness for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter ; " and he that believeth not may be damned." Now is not that evidence enough ? What would men have?... | |
 | 1827 - 316 pages
...of most exalted gratitude and delight, in the language of that eminent author, John Locke, "Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God...truth without any mixture of error for its matter." Shall a volume so precious lay unoccupied on the shelf? Shall it merely meet the eye, to attract commendation... | |
 | 1834 - 344 pages
...in the superstition of the dark ages ; but in the energetic words of Locke himself, a religion which has ' God for its author, Salvation for its end, and...Truth without any mixture of error for its matter.' To their apprehensions, there was no want of evidence for the genuineness and authenticity of the Christian... | |
 | 1827 - 590 pages
...for these benefits. There was a time in England when there was, indeed, a dearth of that word which has " God for its author, salvation for its end, and...truth without any mixture of error for its matter *." There was a time when it might be too sadly affirmed, few cared for the souls of the young and... | |
 | George Mundy - 1827 - 156 pages
...the, book which is here recommended, and which, fearless of contradiction, I unhesitatingly assert, " has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its contents." The plea of antiquity, example, and custom, which is commonly urged by the Hindoos as an... | |
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Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its Author ; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter. 
