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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... respect to our individ- ual comfort , and for the general progression of human nature , as a favoured order of intellectual existence . Our task will be accomplished by an endeavour to glance , calmly and ra- tionally , on those ...
... respect to our individ- ual comfort , and for the general progression of human nature , as a favoured order of intellectual existence . Our task will be accomplished by an endeavour to glance , calmly and ra- tionally , on those ...
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... respect or whom you wish to consult , and then decide disinterestedly for your- self . By this course I shall not be a cause of leading you into error , and you will be taking the fittest human means to avoid it . LETTER II . That our ...
... respect or whom you wish to consult , and then decide disinterestedly for your- self . By this course I shall not be a cause of leading you into error , and you will be taking the fittest human means to avoid it . LETTER II . That our ...
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... respect affected by what affects that ; and our astrono- mers have suggested that the innumerable hosts of radiant worlds above us have , besides their separate and peculiar laws and systems , some vast general movement , around some ...
... respect affected by what affects that ; and our astrono- mers have suggested that the innumerable hosts of radiant worlds above us have , besides their separate and peculiar laws and systems , some vast general movement , around some ...
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... respect to the ulterior state of his human race , the present course of nature in our system may be supposed to be carried on . LETTER V. The Invisible Agencies as certain as the Material ones , both in Life and Nature . - The Divine ...
... respect to the ulterior state of his human race , the present course of nature in our system may be supposed to be carried on . LETTER V. The Invisible Agencies as certain as the Material ones , both in Life and Nature . - The Divine ...
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... respect to the subjects of our inquiry , and trace such laws and principles concerning them as we may be able to discern ; and then at- tempt to infer the purposes for which they have been estab- lished . The POPULATION of our world ...
... respect to the subjects of our inquiry , and trace such laws and principles concerning them as we may be able to discern ; and then at- tempt to infer the purposes for which they have been estab- lished . The POPULATION of our world ...
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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.