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... law of nature , and to resist it , is to resist the voice of God . " For we can scarcely suppose , in consistency with the Divine perfections , that an error , on a subject of so vast importance to mankind , should obtain the universal ...
... law of nature , and to resist it , is to resist the voice of God . " For we can scarcely suppose , in consistency with the Divine perfections , that an error , on a subject of so vast importance to mankind , should obtain the universal ...
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... laws , by which the Almighty regulates the intelligent universe ; from the false ideas they have been led to ... law of our nature , when we disregard its intimations , or attempt to resist the force of its evidence . If it ought to be ...
... laws , by which the Almighty regulates the intelligent universe ; from the false ideas they have been led to ... law of our nature , when we disregard its intimations , or attempt to resist the force of its evidence . If it ought to be ...
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... law of universal gravitation , and Franklin dis- covered the identity of lightning and the electric fluid , and felt the transports which such discoveries must have excited , did they slacken their pace in the road of scientific discove ...
... law of universal gravitation , and Franklin dis- covered the identity of lightning and the electric fluid , and felt the transports which such discoveries must have excited , did they slacken their pace in the road of scientific discove ...
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... determined the elementary principles of which it is composed , discover- ed the nature of thunder , and arrested the rapid lightnings in their course , ascertained the laws by which the 36 THE PHILOSOPHY OF A FUTURE STATE .
... determined the elementary principles of which it is composed , discover- ed the nature of thunder , and arrested the rapid lightnings in their course , ascertained the laws by which the 36 THE PHILOSOPHY OF A FUTURE STATE .
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... laws of the ce- lestial motions , the periods of their revolutions , their eclip- ses , and the distances at which they are placed from our sublunary mansion , demonstrate the vigour and compre- hension of those reasoning faculties with ...
... laws of the ce- lestial motions , the periods of their revolutions , their eclip- ses , and the distances at which they are placed from our sublunary mansion , demonstrate the vigour and compre- hension of those reasoning faculties with ...
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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.