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... universe , to draw out an unanswerable argument from final causes ; and in point of fact , they did draw out both that and other arguments so far as to leave us indisputable proof , that the God of NATURAL THEOLOGY will never be any ...
... universe , to draw out an unanswerable argument from final causes ; and in point of fact , they did draw out both that and other arguments so far as to leave us indisputable proof , that the God of NATURAL THEOLOGY will never be any ...
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... universe out of nothing is an event of which we can form no conception , because experience has not made us acquainted with any thing similar , yet we consider the cause as adequate , omnipotence being able to do every thing which does ...
... universe out of nothing is an event of which we can form no conception , because experience has not made us acquainted with any thing similar , yet we consider the cause as adequate , omnipotence being able to do every thing which does ...
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... universe , the phenomena of the moral world , and a future state of existence , of which it would gratify us much to obtain a satisfactory solution ; and to some idle speculatists , information concerning them would be more acceptable ...
... universe , the phenomena of the moral world , and a future state of existence , of which it would gratify us much to obtain a satisfactory solution ; and to some idle speculatists , information concerning them would be more acceptable ...
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... serious answer . If the universe is governed by Omnipotence , for aught that we could tell , its movements might stop to - morrow , or some Acts iii . 12. 16 . alteration might be made which would give it a new MIRACLES . 71.
... serious answer . If the universe is governed by Omnipotence , for aught that we could tell , its movements might stop to - morrow , or some Acts iii . 12. 16 . alteration might be made which would give it a new MIRACLES . 71.
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... universe . These remarks have prepared our way for estimating the force of the cele brated argument against miracles which Hume has founded on experience . * He maintains that the proof against them is complete , being established upon ...
... universe . These remarks have prepared our way for estimating the force of the cele brated argument against miracles which Hume has founded on experience . * He maintains that the proof against them is complete , being established upon ...
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Page 291 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord our Righteousness.
Page 498 - Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law, ROMANS 4 1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
Page 319 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a king shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Page 494 - But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Page 509 - For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
Page 520 - My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Page 71 - Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this ? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk...
Page 510 - How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
Page 365 - Remember the former things of old: For I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times the things that are not yet done, Saying, My counsel shall stand, And I will do all my pleasure...
Page 493 - Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. Then said I, "Lo, I come:" in the volume of the book it is written of me, "I delight to do thy will, O my God." Yea, thy law is within my heart: I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.