 | 1862 - 492 pages
...that " the whole scheme of Scripture is not understood;" and "if it ever comes to be understood ... it must be in the same way as natural knowledge is come at ... by particular persons attending to, comparing, and pursuing intimations scattered up and down it ... by... | |
 | Sir Willoughby Jones - 1863 - 264 pages
...natural and of supernatural light and know* Analogy, pp. 212, 213. ledge have been of the same kind. And as it is owned the whole scheme of Scripture is not...must be in the same way as natural knowledge is come at—by the continuance and progress of learning and liberty, and by particular persons 'attending... | |
 | Alexander Balloch Grosart - 1864 - 424 pages
...occupation of life.' — Sermons, 1856, Preface, pp. v. vi. 2 Bacon, Epistle dedicatory of the Essays. 8 ( As, it is owned, the whole scheme of Scripture is not yet understood, have published and may publish. However weak, poor, rude, rough, and infinitely beneath their themes,... | |
 | 1866 - 492 pages
...themselves. Butler thus testifies his full reliance in a leading principle of Protestantism :— " As it is owned, the whole scheme of Scripture is not...be in the same way as natural knowledge is come at. . -. .' .For this is the way in which all improvements are made ; by thoughtful men's tracing on obscure... | |
 | Rev. Henry Greene - 1866 - 496 pages
...are come to the end of the feast, &c., we may quote the Bishop again : — " And as it is owned that the whole scheme of Scripture is not yet understood,...miraculous interpositions, it must be in the same way that natural knowledge is come at — by the continuance and progress of learning and of liberty, and... | |
 | Rev. Henry Greene - 1866 - 558 pages
...the restitution of all things, and without miraculous interpositions, it must be in the same way that natural knowledge is come at — by the continuance and progress of learning and of liberty, and by particular persons attending to, comparing, and pursuing intimations scattered up... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1867 - 350 pages
...hinderances, too, of natural and of supernatural light and knowledge, have been of the same kind. And as it is owned the whole scheme of Scripture is not...understood, before the restitution of all things, Actsiii. 21, and without miraculous interpositions, it must be in the same way as natural knowledge... | |
 | William Lee - 1868 - 266 pages
...hindrances, too, of natural and of supernatural light and knowledge have been of the same kind. And as it is owned the whole scheme of Scripture is not...at, by the continuance and progress of learning and of liberty, and by particular persons attending to, comparing, and pursuing intimations scattered up... | |
 | Charles Pritchard - 1868 - 200 pages
...interpretation was finally proved to be untenable." Bishop Butler thus expresses his opinion': — "And as it is owned the whole scheme of Scripture is not...; by the continuance and progress of learning and of liberty, and by particular persons attending to, comparing and pursuing, intimations scattered up... | |
 | John Bickford Heard - 1868 - 400 pages
...hindrances, too, of natural and of supernatural light and knowledge have been of the same kind. And it is owned the whole scheme of Scripture is not yet understood : so if it ever come to be understood before the restitution of all things, and without miraculous interpositions,... | |
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Scripture is not yet understood, so, if it ever comes to be understood before the ' restitution of all things,' * and without miraculous interpositions ; it must be in the same way as natural knowledge is come at : by the continuance and progress of learning... 
