 | Myra Jehlen, Michael Warner - 1997 - 1148 Seiten
...busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an Opportunity of knowing the Truth with less Trouble. I : Archbishop Laud, famed opponent of Puritans. [1642.:...cattle, and the scarcity of foreign commodities, better observed; especially as I do not perceive, that the Supreme takes it amiss, by distinguishing... | |
 | Jaroslav Pelikan - 1999 - 308 Seiten
...busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an opportunity of knowing the truth with less trouble. I see no harm, however, in its being believed, if that...it has, of making his doctrines more respected and better observed.2' It is probably correct to suggest that "few other Americans of his time could have... | |
 | James Campbell - 1999 - 316 Seiten
...that the belief in Christ's divinity itself seems to have the possibility of practical benefits: "I see no harm, however, in its being believed, if that...it has, of making his Doctrines more respected and better observed . . ." Overall, his evaluation of the Christian message, in what he took to have been... | |
 | William L. Roth - 2002 - 290 Seiten
...busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an opportunity of knowing the Truth with less trouble. I see no harm, however, in its being believed, if that...it has, of making his Doctrines more respected and better observed... " Herein, Ben Franklin admitted by innuendo that Jesus Christ is the essence of... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2003 - 588 Seiten
...busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an opportunity of knowing the truth with less trouble. I see no harm however in its being believed, if that...it has, of making his doctrines more respected and better observed, especially as I do not perceive that the Supreme takes it amiss, by distinguishing... | |
 | Daniel L. Dreisbach, Mark David Hall, Jeffry H. Morrison - 2004 - 340 Seiten
...saw or is likely to see." Indeed, while Franklin questioned Christ's divinity, he saw "no harm ... in its being believed, if that Belief has the good...it has, of making his Doctrines more respected and better observed." 24 What moral doctrine did Christ preach? Benevolence. Franklin's moral philosophy... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - 2005 - 330 Seiten
...busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an Opportunity of knowing the Truth with less Trouble. I see no harm, however, in its being believed, if that...it has, of making his Doctrines more respected and better observed; especially as I do not perceive, that the Supreme takes it amiss, by distinguishing... | |
 | James H. Hutson - 2009 - 288 Seiten
...expect soon an Opportunity of knowing the Truth with less Trouble [Franklin was eighty-four — Ed.]. I see no harm, however, in its being believed, if that...it has, of making his Doctrines more respected and better observed. Benjamin Franklin to Ezra Stiles, March 9, 1790. Smyth, Writings of Franklin, 10:84.... | |
 | Mark Skousen, Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 514 Seiten
...busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an opportunity of knowing the truth with less trouble. I see no harm however in its being believed, if that...it has, of making his doctrines more respected and better observed, especially as I do not perceive that the Supreme Being takes it amiss, by distinguishing... | |
 | Tom Streeter - 2006 - 458 Seiten
...dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and think it needless to busy myself with it now... I see no barm, however, in its being believed, if that belief has the good consequence, as probably it It becomes clear that at the heart of Franklin's religion is moral belief and not a conversion experience.... | |
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Divinity; though it is a question I do not dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and think it needless -to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an opportunity of knowing the truth with less trouble. I see no harm, however, in its being believed,... 
