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... tion of the masses of rolled stony fragments which have been attributed to the diluvial action . Those masses found to be of dif- ferent character and age . Effect of the investigation upon the con- victions of the most eminent ...
... tion of the masses of rolled stony fragments which have been attributed to the diluvial action . Those masses found to be of dif- ferent character and age . Effect of the investigation upon the con- victions of the most eminent ...
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... tion , that the most eminent geologists are , in general , secret or open infidels ; that their doc- trines upon the constitution and antiquity of the * Mr. Babbage's Ninth Bridgewater Treatise ; pp . 69 , 70 . UPON THIS . 15 earth are ...
... tion , that the most eminent geologists are , in general , secret or open infidels ; that their doc- trines upon the constitution and antiquity of the * Mr. Babbage's Ninth Bridgewater Treatise ; pp . 69 , 70 . UPON THIS . 15 earth are ...
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... tion of particular passages which we hence obtain , take nothing from us in any other respect , but add materially to the proofs and the right under- standing of the whole system of revelation . The more firmly we stand upon the rock of ...
... tion of particular passages which we hence obtain , take nothing from us in any other respect , but add materially to the proofs and the right under- standing of the whole system of revelation . The more firmly we stand upon the rock of ...
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... tion . Neither is this the place for adducing evidence Moral obliga- that rational creatures are accountable , and that the Supreme Being exercises a moral govern- ment over them . The writings of Butler alone are sufficient for this ...
... tion . Neither is this the place for adducing evidence Moral obliga- that rational creatures are accountable , and that the Supreme Being exercises a moral govern- ment over them . The writings of Butler alone are sufficient for this ...
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... tion . Can it be then supposed that a scientific edifice thus framed , and in the fundamental doc- trines of which all who have a claim upon our confidence , are agreed , * possesses not the ele- ments of stability , and has no claims ...
... tion . Can it be then supposed that a scientific edifice thus framed , and in the fundamental doc- trines of which all who have a claim upon our confidence , are agreed , * possesses not the ele- ments of stability , and has no claims ...
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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...