And the best refutation they can give, is to come out if they can, and define and explain their system.
It does not come within the scope of my present design to enter into a refutation of the foregoing errors.
I have mentioned these objections in this connection, not so much to attempt, at this moment, a direct refutation of them, as to advert to what I conceive to be the ground of the difficulty in the minds of those making the objections.
And yet they themselves acknowledge that the sermon is an unanswerable refutation of predestination as held by Dr.
Without stopping here to attempt a refutation of this theory, my present object is to show that it necessarily fastens upon Calvinism the charges brought against it, and sustains the definition that has been given to predestination.
If modern Calvinists would do the same, we should need no other refutation of the system.
Such a method ofrefutation lifts the reader far above all petty criticisms to the great things of Paul's gospel.
Instead he has indulged uselessly in a formal contradiction of Paul, and has in refutation of a misunderstanding of Paul not even used the abundant materials which Paul himself could offer!
If the passage was a refutationnot of Paul but of a misunderstanding of Paul, why did James not say so?
His Meditations, written in the midst of a most active life, breathe a lofty morality, and are a standing refutation of the view that pure ethics depend upon Christian belief.
In his Inquiries into Human Faculty and Developement, '83, he gives statisticalrefutation of the theory of prayer.
Simpson (George), of the Glasgow Zetetic Society, who in 1838 put forward a Refutation of the Argument a priori for the being and attributes of God, in reply to Clarke and Gillespie.
The following letters give some indication of the timely nature and value of the Breckenridge pamphlet: My Dear Miss Carroll: Your refutation of the sophistries of Senator Breckenridge's speech is full and conclusive.
If spoken in the Senate your article would have been regarded by the country as a complete and masterly refutation of Mr. B.
The idea of the book was a refutation of the opinions of Prince Puckler-Muskau (q.
And it may be asserted without fear of refutation that no federative government could exist without a similar provision.
Its enemies have beheld our prosperity with a vexation they could not conceal; it was a standing refutation of their slavish doctrines, and they will point to our discord with the triumph of malignant joy.
Refutation of the reasoning of Pascal on miracles 131.
Refutation of the opinion, that Religion necessary for the vulgar 195.
Refutation of the arguments in favour of Free Will 84.
Refutation of the argument, that the evils attributed to Religion are but the bad effects of human passions 160.
Refutation of the often repeated opinion, that Religion is necessary for the vulgar 195.
Refutation of the arguments in favour of Free Will 83.
Refutation of the reasoning of Pascal concerning the manner in which we must judge of miracles 131.
Much preferable was the work undertaken by Randolph in presenting a legal refutation of the Federalist attitude towards the foundation of law, and the similar document on which Wilson Nicholas was working.
He composed with much tabulation a complete refutation of Buffon's error, and demonstrated that plants as well as animals reached a development hitherto unknown under the new conditions and the favorable circumstances of the American climate.
Footnote 165] Most of the chairs were appropriated to secular studies, and Alcala stands forward as a brilliant refutation of the calumnies against Catholic prelates as the patrons of ignorance.
On the part of the defence I have before said up to that morning nothing fresh had been discovered that could in any way be used as a direct refutation of what had already been adduced, and would be brought forward again on this day.
Cardinal Wiseman's "Lectures on Science and Revealed Religion" abundantly illustrate what is here stated; and his whole life was a refutation of the calumny with which his creed is so often assailed.
This title is a sufficient refutation of the essay.
The chief refutation of this claim of the Romish Church is to be found in the very vastness of its assumption.
If," says he, "such writings shall be thought to deserve any other refutation than that of criminal justice.
For this purpose he prepared his defense of the secret doctrine, in refutation of the crushing arguments against it by one of his ancestors, Elias Del Medigo.
Probably at Cromwell's suggestion, Thomas Collier wrote a refutation of Prynne's charges, dedicating it to the Protector.
It would seem a lowering of Christianity if the Jews were so powerful as to be able to suppress a book written in defense of Christianity and in refutation of Jewish errors.
Briefly, as against the fathers, we find a sufficient refutation in what followed Christianity.
See "Refutation of the Calumnies circulated against the Southern and Western States," by a South Carolinian.
Consequently, he who affects to scorn existence and life receives a refutation from himself and from all the affections he feels.
That no sovereign state can be formed by a agreement or compact has already been shown in the refutation of the theory of the origin of government in convention, or the so-called social compact.
Such contention is lawful and useful in itself, for it is a means of acquiring useful knowledge, of seeing both sides of a question, and of sharpening the mind for the refutation of error.
Positive resistance is made by a command to the defamer to be silent, or by refutation of his words if they are false, or by a rebuke if his words are true.
It is lawful, however, for professors in theological and other classes of sacred science to read from forbidden works to their student body, if a suitable explanation and refutation exclude all danger.
These remarks are intended as a refutation to the reproaches made against the English army.
For reasons easy to understand the reverend gentleman does not introduce the Kaiser's name into his booklet, but in the introduction he remarks: "Finally the refutation of such fairy-tales is a patriotic duty.
Fortunately the Roman Catholic Church of Germany has published a refutation of Germany's White Book, and surely this authority deserves credence.
The present refutation has been undertaken in the interest of biological progress in this country.
The first important step toward the refutation of this old pagan doctrine of spontaneous generation was made by the Italian, Redi, in 1668.
For my part," said Lady Mabel, "I can appeal yet more confidently to my feelings than my reason, for a refutation of the doctrine Moodie has so often urged upon me.
If so, its refutation is an obsolete piece of an obsolete controversy; and the Epistle in some of its most vital portions is a dead letter.
