The posthumous works of Jeremiah Seed, publ. by J. Hall1770 |
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... because they are Arguments against Matter of Fact . For when once it is morally certain , that a Thing has been , viz . that feveral Miracles have been wrought , all the Arguments and Objections in the World cannot prove that it has not ...
... because they are Arguments against Matter of Fact . For when once it is morally certain , that a Thing has been , viz . that feveral Miracles have been wrought , all the Arguments and Objections in the World cannot prove that it has not ...
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... because it is fo . To retrieve a juft , or what is the fame Thing , a great Esteem for it , as pure and unadulterated ; it feems as if it were neceffary that fome gross Corrup- tion of Religion fhould be fubftituted for a while in it's ...
... because it is fo . To retrieve a juft , or what is the fame Thing , a great Esteem for it , as pure and unadulterated ; it feems as if it were neceffary that fome gross Corrup- tion of Religion fhould be fubftituted for a while in it's ...
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... because the Suppofition of its not being fo , carries along with it grofs and palpable Abfurdities ; it implies a Difbelief of every Thing of which we were not Eye - witneffes ; it puts an End to the Credibility of all human Teftimony ...
... because the Suppofition of its not being fo , carries along with it grofs and palpable Abfurdities ; it implies a Difbelief of every Thing of which we were not Eye - witneffes ; it puts an End to the Credibility of all human Teftimony ...
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... because it seems highly improbable and to fhock our com- mon natural Notions , that fo cumberfome and unwieldy a Body as the Earth fhould move fome hundreds of Miles in a Minute , and fome thousands in an Hour , with a Velocity ...
... because it seems highly improbable and to fhock our com- mon natural Notions , that fo cumberfome and unwieldy a Body as the Earth fhould move fome hundreds of Miles in a Minute , and fome thousands in an Hour , with a Velocity ...
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... because unknown , befet with a great many Difficulties , which , though not irreconcile- able in themselves , may feem to us to be fo . But the Proofs for the Reality of the Things whofe internal Nature baffles the Under- ftanding , may ...
... because unknown , befet with a great many Difficulties , which , though not irreconcile- able in themselves , may feem to us to be fo . But the Proofs for the Reality of the Things whofe internal Nature baffles the Under- ftanding , may ...
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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.