He who not merely coldly assents to the word of Christ, but lifts the whole burden of his belief on to the Son of God,[312] hath the witness in him.
Just so," assents Uraga; "and for this reason I approach you with my proposal.
Saying this he proposes a "bit o' brakwist," a proposition his comrade assents to with eagerness.
John in the preceding verse said, that every spirit that confesseth Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God; do you think, sir, that every person that assents to this truth is a true believer?
He very readily assents to the truth of the proposition; and further adds, it is even 'more than is necessary for his present welfare,' for he was contented and happy before.
Since Mr. Mill assents to so much of what has been said in the Philosophy, with regard to the process of scientific discovery, how, it may be asked, would he express these doctrines so as to exclude that which he thinks erroneous?
Mr. Gladstone, Leader of the Opposition, assents to enfranchisement, but expresses grave apprehensions of evil results.
For, as the mass of mankind remains always at about the same pitch of misery, it never assents long to any one remedy, but is always best pleased by a novelty which has yet proved illusive.
Now, that faith signifies, not only a knowledge of the history, but such faith asassents to the promise, Paul plainly testifies when he says, Rom.
Indeed, I may fairly say, that those assents which we give with a direct knowledge of what we are doing, are few compared with the multitude of like acts which pass through our minds in long succession without our observing them.
As time goes on, by degrees and without set purpose, by reflection and experience, we begin to confirm or to correct the notions and the images to which those assents are given.
Certainly, the experience of mistakes in the assents which we have made are to the prejudice of subsequent ones.
First, we know from experience that assents may endure without the presence of the inferential acts upon which they were originally elicited.
Opinion explicitly assents to the probability of a given proposition, Credence is an implicit assent to its truth.
His assents are really only inferences, and assent is a name without a meaning, the needless repetition of an inference.
On the other hand, prejudice implies strong assents to the disadvantage of its object; that is, it encourages such assents, and guards them from the chance of being lost.
For instance: the fundamental dogma of Protestantism is the exclusive authority of Holy Scripture; but in holding this a Protestant holds a host of propositions, explicitly or implicitly, and holds them with assents of various character.
Private Bills for tramway schemes requirements similar to those of the Tramways Act as regards the obligation on promoters to obtain the assents of local and road authorities.
This was the time when it was held a shame among Englishmen to appear English.
Already a writer appears refined enough to complain of the poverty of the language in furnishing "proper Inglis" or synonymes for the Latin; the next step must follow, and that would be in due time the latinising "the Ynglys.
It was no unusual practice to place the sign at the head of private letters, however trivial the contents, as we find it in charters and other public documents.
No festival, public or private, but there the minstrel poet was its crowning ornament.
The system consisted in doubling the consonant after a short vowel to regulate the pronunciation.
Fertile in novelties as was this amazing revolution, the most peculiar was the change of the language.
Nor I," assents the young hunter; "tie as you please, so long as you tie alike.
Now to learn cannot be without a movement of the free-will, since the learner assents to the teacher.
But, seemingly, one wills an end necessarily: because it is like the principle in speculative matters, to which principle one assents of necessity.
And the same applies to the intellect; for if it consider principle and conclusion absolutely, it considers each by a distinct act; but when it assents to the conclusion on account of the principles, there is but one act of the intellect.
If, therefore, that which the reason apprehends is such that it naturally assents thereto, e.
The other act of the reason is that whereby it assents to what it apprehends.
The same happens in regard to the intellect: for at first a man understands the principles in themselves; but afterwards he understands them in the conclusions, inasmuch as he assents to the conclusions on account of the principles.
If I offer a man the copy of an agreement, and he, after reading, swears to perform it, have I not a right to infer from his oath that he assents to the rightfulness of the articles of that paper?
In other words, when I have made my protest, what evidence is there that the nation, the other party to the contract, assents to it?
And if heassents here, I suppose it will become law immediately.
That's true," assents the ci-devant soldier, with an air of troubled impatience.
Then let us to it," assents Don Estevan, after a brief consultation with his partner, who no longer opposes the step, though by it they may lose their all.
It carries its own light and evidence with it, and needs no other proof: he that understands the terms assents to it for its own sake or else nothing will ever be able to prevail with him to do it.
She immediately assents to them, and soon the pair are found beating in and out of the bushes for a home-spot.
The will, therefore, is not idle, but assents faintly.
At Weimar Strigel declared: "I do not say that the will is able to assent to the Word without the Holy Spirit, but that, being moved and assisted by the Spirit, it assents with trepidation.
Polus assents to this latter doctrine, and is easily persuaded that the fouler of two things must exceed either in pain or in hurt.
I dare say you'll like it better than being squashed between us," assents Pauline lightly.
I noticed it when I was dressing," assents Addie, placidly, "but quite forgot about it afterward.
She assents gladly, and trips off to array herself, returning almost at once with a chip-hat and light lace-scarf thrown round her shoulders.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "assents" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
