Letters To Nathaniel W Taylor

Author : Leonard Woods
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780243398775
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Letters to Rev. Nathaniel W. Taylor, D. D (Classic Reprint) written by Leonard Woods and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Letters to Rev. Nathaniel W. Taylor, D. D I cannot but feel that every public teacher of religion needs the vigilant inspection of his brethren. Indeed, where is the pious min ister of Christ Who has not this feeling in regard to himself, and who does not find reason for it in his own experience? And where is the intelligent Christian, who has not at times detected in him self the commencement Of such habits of thinking, as might lead on to wide departures from the truth as it is in Jesus? The darkness of the human mind, and the strength of unholy passion is such, even in real Christians, and the causes of error are so various and power ful, and some Of them so latent, that it can never be deemed safe to trust the interests Of religion implicitly in the hands Of any man. NO fertility of genius no extent Of learning; no metaphysical acu men; and no degree of piety, as it exists in the present world, can be relied upon as affording full security. Formerly, when I turned my thoughts towards particular ministers Of the gospel, and partien lar Christians, I was ready to think it impossible, that they should ever abandon any Of the truths Of revelation, or embrace any hurt ful error. But what I have seen of the human mind during more than thirty years in the ministry, and more than twenty in my pre sent Office, has led me to entertain other views on this subject, and has impressed my mind with a serious conviction, that there IS no teacher of religion in our churches, or in our Seminaries, no, not one, who can think himself free from the danger Of error, or who has not reason to apprehend that a deceived heart may turn him aside. And if, in these days of adventurous speculation, any Of those, who are called by divine providence to instruct in our theolo gical schools, should wholly, or in part renounce the doctrines. Of revelation, and become advocates Of error; it would only be a repe tition Of what has Often occurred in past ages. Suffer me now to Offer a few suggestions as to the proper use Of these remarks. 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.