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... face of nature was renewed . jects around him , which could be so likely to be the God of nature ? or , in the eye of philosophy itself , what presented so perfect a resemblance of the Deity ? The Persian raised him an altar , and bowed ...
... face of nature was renewed . jects around him , which could be so likely to be the God of nature ? or , in the eye of philosophy itself , what presented so perfect a resemblance of the Deity ? The Persian raised him an altar , and bowed ...
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... face of the earth were formed , for the most part , for the rich , and for the wise . This was a grand defect in their sys- tem . Their theology was so complex , that the phi- losopher alone could comprehend its refinements , while the ...
... face of the earth were formed , for the most part , for the rich , and for the wise . This was a grand defect in their sys- tem . Their theology was so complex , that the phi- losopher alone could comprehend its refinements , while the ...
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... face of the deep . " The poets sang of Elysian fields and Tar- tarean punishments ; but these were regarded as the flights of an ardent imagination ; and the fictions un- der which their theories were buried , were openly re- jected by ...
... face of the deep . " The poets sang of Elysian fields and Tar- tarean punishments ; but these were regarded as the flights of an ardent imagination ; and the fictions un- der which their theories were buried , were openly re- jected by ...
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... face of the heavens ; nor reveal- ed by the operations of nature . " The depth saith , It is not in me ! ' and the sea saith , ' It is not in me ' ! " . Look abroad into creation . " Canst thou by searching find out God ? Canst thou ...
... face of the heavens ; nor reveal- ed by the operations of nature . " The depth saith , It is not in me ! ' and the sea saith , ' It is not in me ' ! " . Look abroad into creation . " Canst thou by searching find out God ? Canst thou ...
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... face of this globe , when its several parts are in- cessantly changing ; and the inference , allowing this fact , is against its eternity . 2. The same ingenious author has collected and enumerated at length , † several philosophical ...
... face of this globe , when its several parts are in- cessantly changing ; and the inference , allowing this fact , is against its eternity . 2. The same ingenious author has collected and enumerated at length , † several philosophical ...
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Page 133 - Then the Lord rained upon Sodom, and upon Gomorrah, brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven. And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Page 267 - And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee : for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.
Page 75 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 128 - ... the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Page 350 - Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors : And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory: The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, even lift them up, ye everlasting doors : And the King of glory shall come in.
Page 39 - Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work...
Page 188 - The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been...
Page 149 - And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life ; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Page 366 - Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations...
Page 294 - But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.