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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 48 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=3mm, Gew.=82gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of thi… More...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 48 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=3mm, Gew.=82gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LETTER IV. SIB) On what you call the " doctrine of inward feelings," you write with peculiar energy, and plainly indicate that you are not destitute of feeling. But as your energy is not in favour of, but against rcligiotts feeling, you will, no doubt, escape the suspicion of enthusiasm, and be ranked among rational Christians. By "inward feelings" you obviously intend what lias generally been denominated religious feelings: such as religious fear, hope, sorrow, joy, desire, aversion, andc. These you call "dangerous," and "fatal," tending cither to produce "a foolish, enthusiastic, and ill-founded confidence and presumption," otherwise black "despair." You indeed admit that "God can assuredly influence our inward feelings if he think fit," but suppose this is seldom or rather never the case in our day, for such influences are "miraculous impressions," and who does not know that the age of miracles is past ? These feelings must therefore be considered as under the influence of causes purely physical ? governed particularly " by the state of the health and constitution; and by that inexplicable result of the action of the nervous system, called imimnl spirits."' Keligious feelings you represent as the eflerves- rence of enthusiasm. But ought they to be thusrepresented ? Are the passions, ever active on ordinary subjects, to be quiescent only on the great subject of religion ? Are our fears to be alive to temporal, but not to spiritual danger ? Are our hopes to be called into exercise by the prospect of the riches', or honours, or pleasures of this transitory state, and to remain uninfluenced by the promise of "eternal life?" Is our love to burn with ardour towards a fellow-creature, and shall we contemplate with a frigid apathy the uncreated excellence of Deity ? Shall...<

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[ED: Softcover], [PU: Cambridge Scholars Publishing], Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LETTER IV. SIB) On what you call the " doctrine of inward feelings," you write with peculiar energy, and plainly indicate that you are not destitute of feeling. But as your energy is not in favour of, but against rcligiotts feeling, you will, no doubt, escape the suspicion of enthusiasm, and be ranked among rational Christians. By "inward feelings" you obviously intend what lias generally been denominated religious feelings: such as religious fear, hope, sorrow, joy, desire, aversion, andc. These you call "dangerous," and "fatal," tending cither to produce "a foolish, enthusiastic, and ill-founded confidence and presumption," otherwise black "despair." You indeed admit that "God can assuredly influence our inward feelings if he think fit," but suppose this is seldom or rather never the case in our day, for such influences are "miraculous impressions," and who does not know that the age of miracles is past ? These feelings must therefore be considered as under the influence of causes purely physical ? governed particularly " by the state of the health and constitution and by that inexplicable result of the action of the nervous system, called imimnl spirits."' Keligious feelings you represent as the eflerves- rence of enthusiasm. But ought they to be thusrepresented ? Are the passions, ever active on ordinary subjects, to be quiescent only on the great subject of religion ? Are our fears to be alive to temporal, but not to spiritual danger ? Are our hopes to be called into exercise by the prospect of the riches', or honours, or pleasures of this transitory state, and to remain uninfluenced by the promise of "eternal life?" Is our love to burn with ardour towards a fellow-creature, and shall we contemplate with a frigid apathy the uncreated excellence of Deity ? Shall...Versandfertig in 6-10 Tagen<

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