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Page xxvii
... references to authorities in this compilation are given ; nor will it , we trust , be found to derogate from the merits of our work , that we have been com- pelled , in some instances , to quote second - hand . It will be a sufficient ...
... references to authorities in this compilation are given ; nor will it , we trust , be found to derogate from the merits of our work , that we have been com- pelled , in some instances , to quote second - hand . It will be a sufficient ...
Page 47
... reference to this in- teresting subject , we observe that , reasoning analogi- cally , Nature and Providence are gradual in their op- erations ; not like man , who is always for subitaneous violence , but deliberately proceeding , by ...
... reference to this in- teresting subject , we observe that , reasoning analogi- cally , Nature and Providence are gradual in their op- erations ; not like man , who is always for subitaneous violence , but deliberately proceeding , by ...
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... reference to the ques- tion at issue , we shall be compeled to wander rather beyond the common beaten track , and argue , a poste- riori , ás an aid to our conceptions of the probable time , during which the primordial elements remained ...
... reference to the ques- tion at issue , we shall be compeled to wander rather beyond the common beaten track , and argue , a poste- riori , ás an aid to our conceptions of the probable time , during which the primordial elements remained ...
Page 51
... reference to this subject , there are four classes of opinions : The first ( and the popular opinion ) excludes all distinction between the act of creation and that of formation ; and assigns six natural days , of twenty - four hours ...
... reference to this subject , there are four classes of opinions : The first ( and the popular opinion ) excludes all distinction between the act of creation and that of formation ; and assigns six natural days , of twenty - four hours ...
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... reference to the length of the six days men- tioned in the first chapter of Genesis . In regard to the first of these four theories , with the exception that it harmonizes with the latter part of the second , in reference to its ...
... reference to the length of the six days men- tioned in the first chapter of Genesis . In regard to the first of these four theories , with the exception that it harmonizes with the latter part of the second , in reference to its ...
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