On the Relation Between the Holy Scriptures and Some Parts of Geological Science |
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... surface upon which we dwell , taken at the sea - level , to the centre . This portion may be called ten miles . But every one must be aware that no such distance can be reached by direct descent . To the bottom of the deepest seas ...
... surface upon which we dwell , taken at the sea - level , to the centre . This portion may be called ten miles . But every one must be aware that no such distance can be reached by direct descent . To the bottom of the deepest seas ...
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... surface of the earth were what Dr. Thomas Burnet and some other theorists of the last cen- tury imagined to have been its pristine , and , according to their notions , beautiful , and sacred condition , before it became deformed by the ...
... surface of the earth were what Dr. Thomas Burnet and some other theorists of the last cen- tury imagined to have been its pristine , and , according to their notions , beautiful , and sacred condition , before it became deformed by the ...
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... surfaces , highly inclined or even vertical , in mountainous countries and sea - cliffs . the entire series found . No where , however , is Some member or many are wanting in every assignable locality ; but they are never put in a ...
... surfaces , highly inclined or even vertical , in mountainous countries and sea - cliffs . the entire series found . No where , however , is Some member or many are wanting in every assignable locality ; but they are never put in a ...
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... surfaces of those deposits , their filling long furrows of outburst , and their being laid bare in many cases to open day - light . It is therefore no presumption to affirm that we do know , with the clearness of sensible evidence , the ...
... surfaces of those deposits , their filling long furrows of outburst , and their being laid bare in many cases to open day - light . It is therefore no presumption to affirm that we do know , with the clearness of sensible evidence , the ...
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... surface . Whether , in like manner , the whole interior of our planet be composed of melted matter ; or whether there be a solid nucleus ; and whether such nucleus be close - grained , or more probably cavernous , the solid partitions ...
... surface . Whether , in like manner , the whole interior of our planet be composed of melted matter ; or whether there be a solid nucleus ; and whether such nucleus be close - grained , or more probably cavernous , the solid partitions ...
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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...