 | William Corry - Free will and determinism - 1763 - 212 pages
...be'lieyeth muft apprehend the ** propofition, and "he jnuft difcej:n its connection with " /onie " fome principle* of truth which as more notorious to " him he before doth admit; otherwife he doth only *' pretend to believe out of fome defign, or from affec" tion to fome party... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1793 - 664 pages
...truly believeth inuft apprehend •* the propofition, and muft difcern its connection *c with fome principle of truth, which, as more " notorious to him, he before doth admit." Now let me affc again, can any man be faid to apprehend » propofition which contains a myftery, that is, fbmething... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - Theology - 1818 - 624 pages
...he that truly believeth, mull apprehend the propofition, and he muft difcern its connexion with fome principle of truth, which as more notorious to him he before doth admit ; otherwife he doth only pretend to believe, out of fome defign, or from affe&ion to fome party ; his... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1828 - 618 pages
...what or why. He that truly believes, must apprehend the proposition, and he must discern its connexion with some principle of truth, which, as more notorious to him, he did before admit ; otherwise he only pretends to believe, out of some design, or from affection to... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - Theology - 1830 - 624 pages
...not what or why : he that truly believeth, must apprehend the proposition, and he must discern its connection with some principle of truth, which as more notorious to him he before doth admit ; otherwise he doth only pretend to believe, out of some design, or from affection to some party ;... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - Theology - 1831 - 552 pages
...or why : he that truly believeth, must apprehend the proposition, and he must discern its connexion with some principle of truth, which as more notorious to him he before doth admit ; otherwise he doth only pretend to believe, out of some design, or from affection to some party ;... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - Theology - 1831 - 750 pages
...or why : he that truly believeth, must apprehend the proposition, and he must discern its connexion with some principle of truth, which as more notorious to him he before doth admit ; otherwise he doth only pretend to believe, out of some design, or from affection to some party ;... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1841 - 552 pages
...why;" and therefore that he who "truly believeth must apprehend the proposition, and must discern its connection with some principle of truth, which, as...unintelligible; or any thing more than the sound of the words? Will not the argument against believing become still stronger, if a proposition is repugnant... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1841 - 548 pages
...why;" and therefore that he who " truly believeth must apprehend the proposition, and must discern its connection with some principle of truth, which, as...unintelligible; or any thing more than the sound of the words? Will not the argument against believing become still stronger, if a proposition is repugnant... | |
 | Anglican fathers - 1842 - 402 pages
...knoweth not what or why; he that truly believeth must apprehend the proposition, and he must discern its connection with some principle of truth, which, as more notorious to him, he before doth admit; otherwise he doth only pretend to believe, out of some design, or from affection to some party ; his... | |
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... for faith is an effect of persuasion, and persuasion is nothing else but the application of some reason to the mind, apt to draw forth its assent. No man, therefore, can believe he knoweth not what or why; he that truly believeth must apprehend the... 
