Download or read book Discourses, Controversial and Practical, on Various Subjects, Vol. 2 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-24 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Discourses, Controversial and Practical, on Various Subjects, Vol. 2: Proper for the Consideration of the Present Times Words, are put on the doetrinal part of revela tion; variety of interpretations, more or lefs de viating from the ftriftnefs of the exprefiions, are alfo put on its moral precepts. But whereas there is no receiving the doetrines of Chrif'tianity in their genuine purity, without, at the fame time, receiving its injunetions in their utmoft fe verity; a latitude of interpretation muft therefore be found out, which may bend the former to our Own reafon, and the latter to our own in clination; and then, but not till then, we are our own teachers and lawgivers, our own matters and governors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.