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... whole regularly and necessarily de- pendant on a self - existent cause ; so that we are obliged to admit an independent cause , and ascribe self - existence to it , otherwise it could not be independent , and consequently not a God ...
... whole regularly and necessarily de- pendant on a self - existent cause ; so that we are obliged to admit an independent cause , and ascribe self - existence to it , otherwise it could not be independent , and consequently not a God ...
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... whole into the sove- reign disposal of a tyrannical and unjust being , which is offen- sive to reason and common sense , and subversive of moral rec- titude in general . But as it was not my design so much to confute the multiplicity of ...
... whole into the sove- reign disposal of a tyrannical and unjust being , which is offen- sive to reason and common sense , and subversive of moral rec- titude in general . But as it was not my design so much to confute the multiplicity of ...
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... whole six days work added together , could be but local and bear no manner of proportion to infini- tude , but would limit the dominion , and consequently , the dis- play of the divine perfections or providence , which is incompat- ible ...
... whole six days work added together , could be but local and bear no manner of proportion to infini- tude , but would limit the dominion , and consequently , the dis- play of the divine perfections or providence , which is incompat- ible ...
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... whole , which we deno- minate by the term nature , which is the same as creation per- fectly regulated , was eternally connected together by the crea- tor to answer the same all glorious purpose , to wit : the display of the divine ...
... whole , which we deno- minate by the term nature , which is the same as creation per- fectly regulated , was eternally connected together by the crea- tor to answer the same all glorious purpose , to wit : the display of the divine ...
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... whole , so that " That there is no knowing good or evil by all that is before us , for all is vanity . " It was not among the number of possibles , that animal life should be exempted from mortality : omnipotence itself could not have ...
... whole , so that " That there is no knowing good or evil by all that is before us , for all is vanity . " It was not among the number of possibles , that animal life should be exempted from mortality : omnipotence itself could not have ...
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Page 54 - And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer...
Page 66 - Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law; to whom we gave no such commandment...
Page 21 - And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee : for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Page 58 - And they came to the place which God had told him of ; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
Page 66 - And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts, came to Ephesus. And finding certain disciples, he said unto them ; Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ? And they said unto him; We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
Page 76 - And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shall not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shall surely die.
Page 55 - Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
Page 78 - So he drove out the man: and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Page 56 - Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.
Page 49 - Then Judas, which had betrayed Him. when he saw that He was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.