 | Benjamin Parsons (of Pensacola.) - 1840 - 408 páginas
...interpreting Scripture is this, that the Bible is a book written for men, in the language of men, and that its meaning is to be sought in the same manner as that of other books. We believe that God, when he speaks to the human race, conforms, if we may so say, to established rules of speaking and writing.... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1843 - 410 páginas
...interpreting Scripture is this, that the Bible is a book written for men, in the language of men, and that its meaning is to be sought in the same manner as that of other books. We believe that God, when he speaks to the human race, conforms, if we may so say, to the established rules of speaking and writing.... | |
 | 1843 - 444 páginas
...scripture is this:— that the Bible is a book written for men, in the language of men, and that its meaning is to be sought in the same manner as that of other books. We believe that God, when he speaks to the human race, conforms, if we may so say, to the established rules of speaking and writing.... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1843 - 686 páginas
...this, that tho Bible is a book written for men, in the language of men, and that its meaning is to bo sought in the same manner as that of other books. We believe that God, when ho speaks to tho human race, conforms, if wo may so say, to the established rules of speaking and writing.... | |
 | 1853 - 540 páginas
...their writings look ! " But this is poetry. We find the following passage in a celebrated sermon : " We believe that God, when he condescends to speak...to the established rules of speaking and writing." There is something extremely unpleasant and unworthy in expressions like these. With whatever freedom... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1845 - 414 páginas
...interpreting Scripture is this, that the Bible is a book written for men, in the language of men, and that its meaning is to be sought in the same manner as that of other books. We believe that God, when he speaks to the human race, conforms, if we may so say, to the established rules of speaking and writing.... | |
 | 1847 - 452 páginas
...says he, " is this, that the Bible is a book written for men, in the language of men, and that its meaning is to be sought in the same manner as that of other books. We believe that God, when he speaks to the human race, conforms, if we may so say, to the established rules of speaking and writing.... | |
 | Alexander Wilson M'Clure - 1848 - 638 páginas
...pilgrimage." " A leading principle," says Dr. Channing, " in interpreting the Scriptures is, that the meaning is to be sought in the same manner, as that of other books." This principle, he further explains, by the remark, that " the reader or hearer is constantly to exercise... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1849 - 414 páginas
...Scripture is this, that the Bible is a book written for men, in the t language of men, and that its meaning is to be sought ^ in the same manner as that of other books. We be- •' lieve that God, when he speaks to the human race, conforms, if we may so say, to the established... | |
 | Thomas Whittemore - 1852 - 238 páginas
...that its meaning is to be sought in the same manner, as that of other books. " We believe (said he) that God, when he condescends to speak and write,...us more than if communicated in an unknown tongue ?" In the interpretation of this book men must use their reason. " We profess to know no book, (said... | |
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Our leading principle in interpreting Scripture is this, that the Bible is a book written for men, in the language of men, and that its meaning is to be sought in the same manner, as that of other books. 
