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Page 48
... stars which , through obeying God's changeless order , are respon- sible for the vagaries of fortune in the realms below the moon . The planets were in fact the commuting agents of eternity to mutability : they had the function of the ...
... stars which , through obeying God's changeless order , are respon- sible for the vagaries of fortune in the realms below the moon . The planets were in fact the commuting agents of eternity to mutability : they had the function of the ...
Page 51
... stars of their working powers ? For , seeing they are many in number and of eminent beauty and magnitude , we may not think that in the treasury of his wisdom who is infinite there can be wanting , even for every star , a peculiar ...
... stars of their working powers ? For , seeing they are many in number and of eminent beauty and magnitude , we may not think that in the treasury of his wisdom who is infinite there can be wanting , even for every star , a peculiar ...
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... stars above us ? But it is difficult to get the question of stars and destiny right , and we must follow a middle course , that as with the heathen we do not bind God to his creatures , in this supposed necessity of destiny , so on the ...
... stars above us ? But it is difficult to get the question of stars and destiny right , and we must follow a middle course , that as with the heathen we do not bind God to his creatures , in this supposed necessity of destiny , so on the ...
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