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... extent of the human population , but not geographically universal . - Concluding vindication of the principle , and its applications , as irrefutable , and absolutely necessary for maintaining the honour of the word of God . LECTURE ...
... extent of the human population , but not geographically universal . - Concluding vindication of the principle , and its applications , as irrefutable , and absolutely necessary for maintaining the honour of the word of God . LECTURE ...
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... extent greater than can be ex- pected from most individuals , though there are eminent men who have personally achieved wonders in this respect . There are Geologists who have devoted severe and self - denying toil , exposure to great ...
... extent greater than can be ex- pected from most individuals , though there are eminent men who have personally achieved wonders in this respect . There are Geologists who have devoted severe and self - denying toil , exposure to great ...
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... Extent and the Antiquity of the created Universe . The knowledge which each communicates rests upon its own appropriate evidence ; in the one case , the evidence of sense obtained by innumerable observations made and compared by the ...
... Extent and the Antiquity of the created Universe . The knowledge which each communicates rests upon its own appropriate evidence ; in the one case , the evidence of sense obtained by innumerable observations made and compared by the ...
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... extent : for , while the microscope , at the one extremity of the scale , and astronomical observations at the other , set before us multitude , magnitude , distance , and minuteness , which we feel to become overwhelm- ing to our ...
... extent : for , while the microscope , at the one extremity of the scale , and astronomical observations at the other , set before us multitude , magnitude , distance , and minuteness , which we feel to become overwhelm- ing to our ...
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... Extent of our acquaintance of the earth . I. Concerning the Structure of the Earth , with the crust we are acquainted , by sensible evidence , with about the four hundredth part of the distance from the surface upon which we dwell ...
... Extent of our acquaintance of the earth . I. Concerning the Structure of the Earth , with the crust we are acquainted , by sensible evidence , with about the four hundredth part of the distance from the surface upon which we dwell ...
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Page 274 - There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured ; coals were kindled by it.
Page 411 - O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Page 304 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 258 - Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
Page 255 - Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still : therefore my bowels are troubled for him ; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.
Page 305 - Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
Page 104 - And the waters returned from off the earth continually : and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains, of Ararat.
Page 255 - And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous, I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
Page 306 - And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
Page 324 - I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things...