The Works of Nathanael Emmons ...: With a Memoir of His Life, Volume 2Crocker and Brewster, 1842 - Theology |
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... nature , and not to habit or custom ; for no nation has ever been discovered , however barbarous and uncivilized , who have walked in any other than an erect posture ; which is a mode of walking peculiar to the human species , and which ...
... nature , and not to habit or custom ; for no nation has ever been discovered , however barbarous and uncivilized , who have walked in any other than an erect posture ; which is a mode of walking peculiar to the human species , and which ...
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... natural- ists tell us that no animals have organs fitted for speech or articulation , and that mankind resemble each other in this important respect , by the mere gift of nature . All nations resemble one another in their intellectual ...
... natural- ists tell us that no animals have organs fitted for speech or articulation , and that mankind resemble each other in this important respect , by the mere gift of nature . All nations resemble one another in their intellectual ...
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... natural to suppose that nations which have long been placed in different circumstances , should form different customs , manners , and habits , when left to the sole guidance of the dim light of nature . As to the diversity of ...
... natural to suppose that nations which have long been placed in different circumstances , should form different customs , manners , and habits , when left to the sole guidance of the dim light of nature . As to the diversity of ...
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... nature . When the time of his departure drew nigh he had nothing to do to prepare for death , but only , like other pious and illustri- ous patriarchs , to converse with his friends , and to give them his last and best advice . And as ...
... nature . When the time of his departure drew nigh he had nothing to do to prepare for death , but only , like other pious and illustri- ous patriarchs , to converse with his friends , and to give them his last and best advice . And as ...
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... nature , and the end of his being . Agreeably therefore to the spirit and intention of the text , the subject which now properly lies before us , is the dignity of man . And I hope the observations which shall be made upon this subject ...
... nature , and the end of his being . Agreeably therefore to the spirit and intention of the text , the subject which now properly lies before us , is the dignity of man . And I hope the observations which shall be made upon this subject ...
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Page 483 - Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do ; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him...
Page 255 - David the son of Jesse said, And the man who was raised up on high, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 2 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, And his word was in my tongue.
Page 91 - He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
Page 466 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Page 148 - THUS saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have holden, To subdue nations before him ; And I will loose the loins of kings, To open before him the two leaved gates; And the gates shall not be shut...
Page 112 - 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 255 - Although my house be not so with God; yet He hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although He make it not to grow.
Page 352 - The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 480 - Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 174 - The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people ; for ye were the fewest of all people : but because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.