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... displays , are sufficient to evince the high degree of probability , if not absolute certainty , that his duration and his sphere of ac-- tion are not confined to the narrow limits of the present world , but have a relation to a future ...
... displays , are sufficient to evince the high degree of probability , if not absolute certainty , that his duration and his sphere of ac-- tion are not confined to the narrow limits of the present world , but have a relation to a future ...
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... displayed in all his arrange- ments in the material universe , and towards every species of sensitive existence . 66 What has been now stated in relation to desire and hope , will equally apply to those fears and apprehensions , which ...
... displayed in all his arrange- ments in the material universe , and towards every species of sensitive existence . 66 What has been now stated in relation to desire and hope , will equally apply to those fears and apprehensions , which ...
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... displayed throughout the numerous worlds which compose this vast empire ? What systems exist , and what scenes of creating power are displayed in that boundless region which lies be- yond the limits of human vision ? At what period in ...
... displayed throughout the numerous worlds which compose this vast empire ? What systems exist , and what scenes of creating power are displayed in that boundless region which lies be- yond the limits of human vision ? At what period in ...
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... displays , -were it to mingle with its inhabi- tants , to learn the laws by which their social intercourse is directed the sciences which they cultivate , the worship in which they engage , and the leading transactions and events 50 THE ...
... displays , -were it to mingle with its inhabi- tants , to learn the laws by which their social intercourse is directed the sciences which they cultivate , the worship in which they engage , and the leading transactions and events 50 THE ...
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... displayed in a manner , in which it has never been displayed to any other class of intelligences ; and , in short , if every province of creation exhibit a peculiar manifestation of the Deity — we may conclude , that all the knowledge ...
... displayed in a manner , in which it has never been displayed to any other class of intelligences ; and , in short , if every province of creation exhibit a peculiar manifestation of the Deity — we may conclude , that all the knowledge ...
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