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... effect ; ' and which is there- fore nothing more than an unavoidable inference from the exist ence of effects . ist , yet still we could not say that it A3 The Existence of God . 5.
... effect ; ' and which is there- fore nothing more than an unavoidable inference from the exist ence of effects . ist , yet still we could not say that it A3 The Existence of God . 5.
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... effect without a cause : we must admit what we can hardly conceive to be admitted by any rational being . Nothing , I think , can be more evident than this . We are obliged , there- fore , by the constitution of our nature , to infer ...
... effect without a cause : we must admit what we can hardly conceive to be admitted by any rational being . Nothing , I think , can be more evident than this . We are obliged , there- fore , by the constitution of our nature , to infer ...
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... effect , these means for the accomplishment of these ends . And from his nature , it is im- possible to conceive of him as being sub- ject to any influence that can ever divert him from such righteous employment.- In other words , he ...
... effect , these means for the accomplishment of these ends . And from his nature , it is im- possible to conceive of him as being sub- ject to any influence that can ever divert him from such righteous employment.- In other words , he ...
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... effect , these means for the accomplishment of these ends . And from his naturę , it is im- possible to conceive of him as being sub- ject to any influence that can ever divert him from such righteous employment.- In other words , he ...
... effect , these means for the accomplishment of these ends . And from his naturę , it is im- possible to conceive of him as being sub- ject to any influence that can ever divert him from such righteous employment.- In other words , he ...
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... effect of mere in- stinct , or some mechanical and involuntary impulse . The goodness of God is , in every case , guided by unerring reason , and ope- rates by the laws of eternal truth . It is not a blind disposition to communicate hap ...
... effect of mere in- stinct , or some mechanical and involuntary impulse . The goodness of God is , in every case , guided by unerring reason , and ope- rates by the laws of eternal truth . It is not a blind disposition to communicate hap ...
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Page 45 - He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: Which overturneth them in his anger. Which shaketh the earth out of her place, And the pillars thereof tremble.
Page 115 - For promotion cometh neither from the east, Nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Page 142 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Page 9 - These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Sou of God.
Page 45 - THE earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods.
Page 232 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...
Page 146 - Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
Page xiii - Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him ? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth ? saith the Lord.
Page 190 - Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world ; they increase in riches. 13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency . 14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
Page 46 - I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation : and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing : and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?