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... planet , and which gives to the argument of Freethinkers all its plausibility . This argument involves in it an assertion and an inference . The assertion is , that Christianity is a religion which professes to be designed for the ...
... planet , and which gives to the argument of Freethinkers all its plausibility . This argument involves in it an assertion and an inference . The assertion is , that Christianity is a religion which professes to be designed for the ...
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... planetary orbs ? Are we therefore to say , that they are so many vast and unpeopled solitudes ; that desolation reigns in every part of the universe but ours ; that the whole energy of the divine attributes is expended on one ...
... planetary orbs ? Are we therefore to say , that they are so many vast and unpeopled solitudes ; that desolation reigns in every part of the universe but ours ; that the whole energy of the divine attributes is expended on one ...
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... planets which compose our system , a revolution of the same kind , and under the same circumstan- ces . They have the same succession of day and night . They have the same agreeable vicissitude of the seasons . To them , light and ...
... planets which compose our system , a revolution of the same kind , and under the same circumstan- ces . They have the same succession of day and night . They have the same agreeable vicissitude of the seasons . To them , light and ...
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... planets that he has done for the earth which we inhabit . And shall we say , that the re- semblance stops here , because we are not in a situation to observe it ? Shall we say , that this scene of magnificence has been called into being ...
... planets that he has done for the earth which we inhabit . And shall we say , that the re- semblance stops here , because we are not in a situation to observe it ? Shall we say , that this scene of magnificence has been called into being ...
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... planetary system . It is now ascertained , not merely that all of them have their day and night , and that all of them have their vicissitudes of seasons , and that some of them have their moons to rule their night and alleviate the ...
... planetary system . It is now ascertained , not merely that all of them have their day and night , and that all of them have their vicissitudes of seasons , and that some of them have their moons to rule their night and alleviate the ...
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Page 273 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not ; for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon...
Page 270 - ... feet. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power ? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart ? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
Page 275 - But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Page 270 - Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it, 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
Page 150 - And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the beasts and the elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.
Page 14 - I say unto you that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance.
Page 275 - But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people ; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.
Page 21 - Consider the lilies of the field; they toil not, neither do they spin: yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 112 - The other teaches me, that every grain of sand may harbour within it the tribes and the families of a busy population. The one told me of the insignificance of the world I tread upon. The other redeems it from all its insignificance ; for it tells me that in the leaves of every forest, and in the flowers of every garden, and in the waters of every rivulet, there are worlds teeming with life, and numberless as are the glories of the firmament.
Page 29 - And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.