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... variety of descriptions , in which the same opinions are involved . Their notions of future punishment are set forth in the de- scriptions they give of Ixion , who was fastened to a wheel , and whirled about continually with a swift and ...
... variety of descriptions , in which the same opinions are involved . Their notions of future punishment are set forth in the de- scriptions they give of Ixion , who was fastened to a wheel , and whirled about continually with a swift and ...
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... a nature that they require variety , and are not capable of being always delight . ed with the same objects . The Supreme Being , therefore , We in compliance with this taste of happiness which he has PROOFS FROM THE LIGHT OF NATURE . 21.
... a nature that they require variety , and are not capable of being always delight . ed with the same objects . The Supreme Being , therefore , We in compliance with this taste of happiness which he has PROOFS FROM THE LIGHT OF NATURE . 21.
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... variety of amusements , both of a sensitive , and of an intellectual na- ture . Hence the keen desire for novelty , for tales of won- der , for beautiful and splendid exhibitions , and for intelli- gence respecting the passing ...
... variety of amusements , both of a sensitive , and of an intellectual na- ture . Hence the keen desire for novelty , for tales of won- der , for beautiful and splendid exhibitions , and for intelli- gence respecting the passing ...
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... variety of actions , which can scarce- ly be accounted for on any other principle , and which prove that the mind feels conscious of its immortal destiny . Why , otherwise , should men be anxious about their reputation , and solicitous ...
... variety of actions , which can scarce- ly be accounted for on any other principle , and which prove that the mind feels conscious of its immortal destiny . Why , otherwise , should men be anxious about their reputation , and solicitous ...
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... variety . They live di- vested of those innumerable cares and anxieties which harass and perplex the children of men , and they never wish to go beyond the boundary which nature prescribes . " The ingenious bee constructs commodious ...
... variety . They live di- vested of those innumerable cares and anxieties which harass and perplex the children of men , and they never wish to go beyond the boundary which nature prescribes . " The ingenious bee constructs commodious ...
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Page 111 - Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
Page 135 - The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works.
Page 113 - So shall it be at the end of the world : the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just : 50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire : there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Page 228 - Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard That the everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Fainteth not, neither is weary? There is no searching of his understanding.
Page 23 - Lo, the poor Indian! Whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears Him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Page 84 - Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
Page 26 - the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear with hearing ;" neither the mind with any degree of knowledge which can be conveyed into it.
Page 228 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him?
Page 114 - For he that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption, but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Page 111 - Rejoice, O young man in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes ; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.