Considerations on the Theory of Religion: In Three Parts ... To which are Added, Two Discourses ... with an Appendix Concerning the Use of the Word Soul in Holy Scripture; and the State of the Dead There Described |
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... true God , and his universal providence . He shews them that there is one common father and go- vernor of the world , who has made this earth a fit habitation for the fons of men , and diftributed them all over the face of it ; who has ...
... true God , and his universal providence . He shews them that there is one common father and go- vernor of the world , who has made this earth a fit habitation for the fons of men , and diftributed them all over the face of it ; who has ...
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... true , but nothing to the purpose : for this kind of perfection is far from implying an univerfal , unchangeable equality in the law of nature , or excluding greater light ; fince it may be very confiftent with that di- versity of ...
... true , but nothing to the purpose : for this kind of perfection is far from implying an univerfal , unchangeable equality in the law of nature , or excluding greater light ; fince it may be very confiftent with that di- versity of ...
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... true rational happiness , as all their honesty , without fuch helps , could never raise them to , at leaft the generality of them . And whether the fole end of revelation be to bring men to a higher pitch of happiness than they could ...
... true rational happiness , as all their honesty , without fuch helps , could never raise them to , at leaft the generality of them . And whether the fole end of revelation be to bring men to a higher pitch of happiness than they could ...
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... true religion ; or make out from the nature of these two , that they ought to have no communication with each other . His firft allegation , that men by the exercise of their reason neither do , nor can be required to think all alike ...
... true religion ; or make out from the nature of these two , that they ought to have no communication with each other . His firft allegation , that men by the exercise of their reason neither do , nor can be required to think all alike ...
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... true nature , ends , and uses of it ; and conveying the fame knowledge down to future ages . Some orders of men likewise must be fet apart , and authorised to explain and inculcate it ; to defend its doctrines , as well as to inspect ...
... true nature , ends , and uses of it ; and conveying the fame knowledge down to future ages . Some orders of men likewise must be fet apart , and authorised to explain and inculcate it ; to defend its doctrines , as well as to inspect ...
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CONSIDERATIONS ON THE THEORY O George Henry 1761-1845 Law, Ed,William 1743-1805 Paley No preview available - 2016 |
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Considerations on the Theory of Religion William Paley,Edmund Law,George Henry Law No preview available - 2015 |
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Page v - And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Page 369 - Scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures; and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve; after that he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
Page 377 - Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Page 391 - Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
Page 371 - Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God...
Page 371 - For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Page 390 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Page 377 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ...
Page 390 - Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: And their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, And he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
Page 386 - Verily I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.