 | Frederic Henry Hedge - 1860 - 504 pages
...the doctrine of Locke, as clearly stated by himself (" Essay," b. iv. chap. 19, § 4) : — " Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father...natural faculties: revelation is natural reason enlarged hy a new set of discoveries communicated hy God immediately, which reason vouches the truth of, hy... | |
 | Charles Beard - 1861 - 552 pages
...thoughts are of the Holy Thorn ; of the Church, he cannot be silent as to the scandals which afflict, Fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind...enlarged by a new set of discoveries communicated by GoJ immediately, which reason vouches the truth of, by the testimony and proofs it gives that they... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge - 1861 - 552 pages
...doctrine of Locke, as clearly stated by himself (" Essay," b. iv. chap. 19, § 4) : — " Reason ii natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of...knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of troth which ho has laid within the reach of their natural faculties : revelation is natural reason... | |
 | 1862 - 978 pages
...of public opinion, when he says in his Essay, Book iv., cap. 19, — " Reason is natural revelation. •Revelation is natural reason enlarged by a new...of by the testimony and proofs it gives that they came from God. So that lie that takes away reason to make way for revelation puts out the light of... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1876 - 408 pages
...sympathy with God, lies within the reach of all his Sons. BOOK II. " Reason is natural Eevelation, whereby the eternal Father of Light and Fountain of...laid within the reach of their natural faculties. Eevelation is natural Beason enlarged by a new set of discoveries, communicated by God immediately,... | |
 | 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
...reason as the guide of life ; for I believe, with a great father of mental philosophy, * that "reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father...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... | |
 | Arthur Elley Finch - 1872 - 132 pages
...the wind.' 3 1 Herbert Spencer's First Principles, chap. i., ' Eeligion and Science,' sec. 6. 'Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father...laid within the reach of their natural faculties.' — Locke's Essay concerning Human Understanding, book iv. chap. xix. sec. 4. 2 ' That God governs... | |
 | A. Elley Finch - 1872 - 136 pages
...wind.' 3 > 1 Herbert Spencer's First Principles, chap, i., ' Religion and Science,' sec. 6. 'Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father...laid within the reach of their natural faculties.' — Locke's Essay concerning Human Understanding, book iv. chap. xix. sec. 4. 2 ' That God governs... | |
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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... 
