The posthumous works of Jeremiah Seed, publ. by J. Hall1770 |
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... Object held too clofe and near to us to be viewed in the beft Light ; it must be re- moved to fome Distance from us , to be feen by us in the most advantageous Point of View . Then , however infenfible we may be of it's abfolute Value ...
... Object held too clofe and near to us to be viewed in the beft Light ; it must be re- moved to fome Distance from us , to be feen by us in the most advantageous Point of View . Then , however infenfible we may be of it's abfolute Value ...
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... object to Christianity , is juft what the Atheists do in Regard to the Creation ; instead of pro- ducing any confiftent Theory to take off thefe Appearances of its Divinity , they endeavour to balance them by counter Appearances ...
... object to Christianity , is juft what the Atheists do in Regard to the Creation ; instead of pro- ducing any confiftent Theory to take off thefe Appearances of its Divinity , they endeavour to balance them by counter Appearances ...
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... object , relate to Things of whose Nature we are fully apprized . We are fully apprized of the Nature of Moral Evidence , it being that , upon which we do and must act in the daily Course of Life : and we cannot reject , what has fo ...
... object , relate to Things of whose Nature we are fully apprized . We are fully apprized of the Nature of Moral Evidence , it being that , upon which we do and must act in the daily Course of Life : and we cannot reject , what has fo ...
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... Object of God's Mercy . However the Doctrine , that Perfecutors , as well as other Criminals , are obnoxious to the divine Displeasure , may be laid down in general Terms , without clogging it with particular Exceptions . Cafes of ...
... Object of God's Mercy . However the Doctrine , that Perfecutors , as well as other Criminals , are obnoxious to the divine Displeasure , may be laid down in general Terms , without clogging it with particular Exceptions . Cafes of ...
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... Objects . If we would have any Religion at all , Natural or Revealed , that Religion must imply and require the Belief of those Principles which are conftituent of it . And therefore , though Allowance is made in Scripture for Variety ...
... Objects . If we would have any Religion at all , Natural or Revealed , that Religion must imply and require the Belief of those Principles which are conftituent of it . And therefore , though Allowance is made in Scripture for Variety ...
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Page 176 - I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh away ; and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Page 174 - He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord ; And he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks ; And he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
Page 484 - He was of that rare affability and temper in debate, and of that seeming humility and submission of judgment, as if he brought no opinion of his own with him, but a desire of information and instruction ; yet he had so subtle a way of interrogating, and under the notion of doubts, insinuating his objections; that he...
Page 251 - And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
Page 308 - For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
Page 312 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Page 251 - And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him : and they wept.
Page 173 - And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Page 266 - Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give: When thou hast it by thee.
Page 102 - Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.