The Sacred History of the World: As Displayed in the Creation and Subsequent Events to the Deluge : Attempted to be Philosophically Considered in a Series of Letters to a Son, Volume 3J. & J. Harper, 1838 - Creation |
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... active and provident . We may therefore adopt it as one of our safest and most certain deductions , that plan and purpose accompany , in every part , the Divine economy of human life ; and that the habitual course and sequences , the ...
... active and provident . We may therefore adopt it as one of our safest and most certain deductions , that plan and purpose accompany , in every part , the Divine economy of human life ; and that the habitual course and sequences , the ...
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... active than before , her population , instead of more than doubling , had increased in 1831 by rather less than a moiety of what it had been when the present century commenced . * But comparing Scotland in 1820 with what it was in 1700 ...
... active than before , her population , instead of more than doubling , had increased in 1831 by rather less than a moiety of what it had been when the present century commenced . * But comparing Scotland in 1820 with what it was in 1700 ...
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... active than he intended they should afterward be in the first gener- ations after the deluge . A lioness bearing four whelps at three years old , instead of one or two at the age of five , shows how easily the action of his natural laws ...
... active than he intended they should afterward be in the first gener- ations after the deluge . A lioness bearing four whelps at three years old , instead of one or two at the age of five , shows how easily the action of his natural laws ...
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... active limbs , love of action , the sight of pleasurable things about them which others have ac- quired , the wish for enjoyment , and to obtain that they may enjoy , stimulate every new generation which grows up as they actuated their ...
... active limbs , love of action , the sight of pleasurable things about them which others have ac- quired , the wish for enjoyment , and to obtain that they may enjoy , stimulate every new generation which grows up as they actuated their ...
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... active in the first part of her individual life , seems to surpass any other nation that I have read of . In 1824 , in the bishopric of Woronesk , out of 38,060 deaths , 56 reached one hundred years , and 28 were one hundred and twenty ...
... active in the first part of her individual life , seems to surpass any other nation that I have read of . In 1824 , in the bishopric of Woronesk , out of 38,060 deaths , 56 reached one hundred years , and 28 were one hundred and twenty ...
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Page 409 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 439 - And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Page 434 - Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work Upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, And the glory of his high looks.
Page 405 - That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee : Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right...
Page 439 - I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool; his throne was like the fiery flame and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him; thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set and the books were opened.
Page 404 - By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: that in blessing I will bless thee...
Page 434 - By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent...
Page 255 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Page 41 - The cause to which I allude is the constant tendency in all animated life to increase beyond the nourishment prepared for it.
Page 424 - And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour : and this was my portion of all my labour.