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... reason for that judicial infliction , in the righteous government of God . The testimony of history and tradition . Com- mon ascription of geological phænomena to the Deluge : —— erroneous.- LECTURE V. Page 123 . - 2 PETER II . 5. God ...
... reason for that judicial infliction , in the righteous government of God . The testimony of history and tradition . Com- mon ascription of geological phænomena to the Deluge : —— erroneous.- LECTURE V. Page 123 . - 2 PETER II . 5. God ...
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... the Deity to have wrought a miraculous change upon the senses of our whole species , and then to demand their belief in a fact directly opposed to those senses ; thus ed . LECT . 1. throwing doubt upon every conclusion of reason.
... the Deity to have wrought a miraculous change upon the senses of our whole species , and then to demand their belief in a fact directly opposed to those senses ; thus ed . LECT . 1. throwing doubt upon every conclusion of reason.
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John Pye Smith. LECT . 1. throwing doubt upon every conclusion of reason in regard to external objects ; and , amongst others , upon the very evidence by which the authenticity of that very questionable manuscript was itself supported ...
John Pye Smith. LECT . 1. throwing doubt upon every conclusion of reason in regard to external objects ; and , amongst others , upon the very evidence by which the authenticity of that very questionable manuscript was itself supported ...
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... reason to suppose that we have reached a term , in either direction of our observations . The vast space into which we look , and the " worlds upon worlds " with which we see it to be filled , may be but the threshold of the finite ...
... reason to suppose that we have reached a term , in either direction of our observations . The vast space into which we look , and the " worlds upon worlds " with which we see it to be filled , may be but the threshold of the finite ...
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... reason , no less than the book of reve- lation , utters the voice of satisfaction and glad- ness ; " Give unto Jehovah the glory DUE unto his name ; O , worship Jehovah in the beauty of holiness ! For of Him , and through Him , and to ...
... reason , no less than the book of reve- lation , utters the voice of satisfaction and glad- ness ; " Give unto Jehovah the glory DUE unto his name ; O , worship Jehovah in the beauty of holiness ! For of Him , and through Him , and to ...
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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...