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... laws of nature . This last evidence rests on the self - evident proposition , that no effect can exist without a cause— that what has been and is , will continue to be , where there is no perceived cause of change , derived from a ...
... laws of nature . This last evidence rests on the self - evident proposition , that no effect can exist without a cause— that what has been and is , will continue to be , where there is no perceived cause of change , derived from a ...
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... laws of the land , on all points , would create a revolution - not because the laws are not good , but because men are evil . And it is because God is good , and men are evil , that they are averse to responsibility , and seek to al ...
... laws of the land , on all points , would create a revolution - not because the laws are not good , but because men are evil . And it is because God is good , and men are evil , that they are averse to responsibility , and seek to al ...
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... law always appears unreasonable . The entire anti - social con- spiracy of thieves , robbers , burglars , pickpockets , and swindlers , look upon our laws and institutions with aversion , and are deeply prejudiced , and viru lent in ...
... law always appears unreasonable . The entire anti - social con- spiracy of thieves , robbers , burglars , pickpockets , and swindlers , look upon our laws and institutions with aversion , and are deeply prejudiced , and viru lent in ...
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... law of heaven , that men shall acquire knowledge on all subjects , in the first in- stance , by instruction , and careful , persevering mental application . But sceptical men insist on being self - taught , and that , also , without the ...
... law of heaven , that men shall acquire knowledge on all subjects , in the first in- stance , by instruction , and careful , persevering mental application . But sceptical men insist on being self - taught , and that , also , without the ...
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... laws of created things lie within the cognizance of our faculties , they constitute the material of all knowledge and of all experience . The bible itself , while it never professedly teach- es , always assumes and never contradicts the ...
... laws of created things lie within the cognizance of our faculties , they constitute the material of all knowledge and of all experience . The bible itself , while it never professedly teach- es , always assumes and never contradicts the ...
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Page 147 - Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there : if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea ; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me," even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and...
Page 73 - For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Page 8 - Saviour ; knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying ; Where is the promise of his coming ? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
Page 8 - The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Page 98 - Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Page 26 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people...
Page 146 - For there is not a word in my tongue, but lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
Page 159 - If you thus behave yourselves, and so become a terror to evil doers and a praise to them that do well...
Page 7 - Chap. iii. know also, that in the last -*- days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of GOD ; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof : from such turn away.
Page 150 - This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all.