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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... Moral Tuition and Improvement LETTER XXXVII . 372 Mankind unable to liberate themselves from their Pagan Super- stitions or from Atheism . - The general Disposition to dis- credit Specific Relations . - Divine Agency has been indispen ...
... Moral Tuition and Improvement LETTER XXXVII . 372 Mankind unable to liberate themselves from their Pagan Super- stitions or from Atheism . - The general Disposition to dis- credit Specific Relations . - Divine Agency has been indispen ...
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... moral economy of our world may be in time discerned and developed , in all its wisdom and beauty , if we accustom ourselves to meditate upon it , and persevere in the belief that it has been devised and established by the same ...
... moral economy of our world may be in time discerned and developed , in all its wisdom and beauty , if we accustom ourselves to meditate upon it , and persevere in the belief that it has been devised and established by the same ...
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... moral as to our ma- terial world ; for , if external nature has been formed upon a reasoned plan , we may be sure that what concerns life and sensibility must have been as intelligently arranged by an intelligent Creator , and with ...
... moral as to our ma- terial world ; for , if external nature has been formed upon a reasoned plan , we may be sure that what concerns life and sensibility must have been as intelligently arranged by an intelligent Creator , and with ...
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... moral and providential system by which human nature , and its operations , and concerns have been and continue to be regulated and carried on . Our attention has been , hither- to , too much directed to the perceptions of our material ...
... moral and providential system by which human nature , and its operations , and concerns have been and continue to be regulated and carried on . Our attention has been , hither- to , too much directed to the perceptions of our material ...
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... moral being , rea- soning as such on his own wishes and meaning . In this char- acter and manner he repeatedly addresses his human race as those whom he has enabled and considers to be , or who ought to be and may be , rational and moral ...
... moral being , rea- soning as such on his own wishes and meaning . In this char- acter and manner he repeatedly addresses his human race as those whom he has enabled and considers to be , or who ought to be and may be , rational and moral ...
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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.