Rationalism and revelation : or, The testimony of moral philosophy, the system of nature, and the constitution of man, to the truth of the doctrines of Scripture : in eight discourses preached before the University of Cambridge in the year 1837 : with a memoir of the founder of the lecture, the Rev. John Hulse

Richard Parkinson

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HULSEAN LECTURES MDCCCXXXVII. RATIONALISM AND REVELATION. : sO-HATH NOT GOD MADE FOOLISH THE WISDOM OF THIS WORLD If this were true in the Apostle's days, there is nothing to render it less so in our own. Neither the direction which the wisdom of this world has since taken, nor the results at which it has ar- rived, have been of such give toa nature as to earthly wisdom a character more self-dependent, or to render it more worthy to be brought into comparison with that wisdom which is from above. It has, indeed, made wide advances in many subjects which are eminently conducive to the temporal benefit and well-being of mankind. The arts and sciences have been placed on a sounder basis, and therefore followed out into more beneficial conclusions. They have ceased to be subjects of mere abstract and barren spe- culation, and have become applicable to the practical purposes, and daily conveniences of life. Now, beyond the immediately useful conse- 144 THE TESTIMONY OF THE quences arising out of this direction of the mind, there are charitablepowers of the human and humanizing effects on the mind itself,uses which render these pursuits, judiciously prose- in a moral light.cuted, of the utmost value feels that he combinesThe practical philosopher utility with his wisdom.

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HULSEAN LECTURES
MDCCCXXXVII.
RATIONALISM AND REVELATION.:
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RATIONALISM AND REVELATION
OR THE
TESTIMONY OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY,
THE SYSTEM OF NATURE,
AND THE CONSTITUTION OF MAN,
TO THE TRUTH OI'
DOCTRINESTHE OF SCRIPTURE;
IN EIGHT DISCOURSES,
PREACHED BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE,
IN THE YEAR 1837;
MEMOIR OF THE FOUNDER OF THE LECTURE,WITH A
REV. JOHN HULSE.THE
By THE
b. d.richard Parkinson,rev.
JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE,OP ST.
FELLOW OP CHRIST'S COLLEGE IN MANCHESTER.AND
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YARD.ST. PAUL'S CHURCHRIVINGTON,J. G.AND F.
MDCCCXXXVIII.' ND CO., PRINTERS, MANCHESTER.GILBERT AINSLIE, D. D.
MASTER OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE, AND LATE VICE-CHANCELLOR:
CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH, D. D.
MASTER OP TRINITY COLLEGE
:
AND THE VERY REV. JAMES WOOD, D.D.
DEAN ELY,OF
AND MASTER OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE:
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FOUNDED BY
THE REV. JOHN HULSE
THE FOLLOWING DISCOURSES,
BY THEIR APPOINTMENT,PREACHED
INSCRIBEDARE VERY RESPECTFULLY
BY THE AUTHOR.