 Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural faculties...  Sermons - Page 306de Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1824 - 335 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1864 - 446 pages
...private judgment, and proclaim that ignorance is bliss? Discard at once the use of reason — " that natural revelation whereby the eternal Father of light...has laid within the reach of their natural faculties " — and so put out the light of reason and revelation at once. We deny that the literal truth of... | |
 | Henry Martyn Dexter - 1865 - 192 pages
...recognition of, reason as the guide of life ; for I believe, with a great father of mental philosophy, * that "reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal...discoveries communicated by God immediately, which reason reaches the truth of, by the testimony and proofs it gives that they come from God. So that he that... | |
 | Asa Griswold - 1866 - 348 pages
...reward. It has been observed by an eminent writer, a professor of Christianity, that " Reason is a natural revelation whereby the eternal Father of Light...laid within the reach of their natural faculties." The sentiment of the writer is, undoubtedly, correct, and we may rest assured that men are able to... | |
 | A. Elley Finch - 1872 - 136 pages
...in the wind.' 3 > 1 Herbert Spencer's First Principles, chap, i., ' Religion and Science,' sec. 6. 'Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal...laid within the reach of their natural faculties.' — Locke's Essay concerning Human Understanding, book iv. chap. xix. sec. 4. 2 ' That God governs... | |
 | Arthur Elley Finch - 1872 - 132 pages
...him in the wind.' 3 1 Herbert Spencer's First Principles, chap. i., ' Eeligion and Science,' sec. 6. 'Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal...laid within the reach of their natural faculties.' — Locke's Essay concerning Human Understanding, book iv. chap. xix. sec. 4. 2 ' That God governs... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1872 - 384 pages
...his Sons. BOOK II. " Reason is natural Eevclation, whereby the eternal Pather of Light and Pountain of all Knowledge communicates to mankind that portion...laid within the reach of their natural faculties. Eevclation is natural Reason enlarged by a new set of discoveries, communicated by God immediately,... | |
 | David Kay - 1873 - 242 pages
...being the Author of nature, her voice is but His instrument." — (HOOKER : Ecclesiastical Polity.) "Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal...laid within the reach of their natural faculties." — (LOCKE.) " Whatever is the nature and original constitution of man, and appears a necessary consequence... | |
 | James Henley Thornwell - 1873 - 830 pages
...irradiates the mind ; and we follow it with confidence, because the strength 1 Reason, says Mr. Locke, is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father...communicates to mankind that portion of truth which lie has laid within the reach of their natural faculties. Hum. Understand., B. iv., c. 19, g 4. of... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge - 1874 - 522 pages
...point the / doctrine of Locke, as clearly stated by himself (" Essay," b. iv. chap. 19, § 4) : — " Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal...fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that v ' portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural (acuities : revelation is... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1876 - 360 pages
...truest, the everlasting, the sympathy with God, lies within the re.ich of all his Sens. BOOR II. ** Reason is natural Revelation, whereby the eternal...faculties. Revelation is natural Reason enlarged by o a new set of discoveries, communicated by God immediately, which Reason vouches the truth of, by... | |
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