Man Primeval, Or, The Constitution and Primitive Condition of the Human Being: A Contribution to Theological Science |
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... answer is plainly affirmed ; they declare the glory of their Creator . But , secondly , what is the method by which this end is attained ? Doubtless , ever since there has been an intelligent eye to behold them , the mere splendor ...
... answer is plainly affirmed ; they declare the glory of their Creator . But , secondly , what is the method by which this end is attained ? Doubtless , ever since there has been an intelligent eye to behold them , the mere splendor ...
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... answered . 34 , Plurality of species involves greater difficulties . 35 , The different branches of evidence unite . 36 , Thirdly , Instincts . 37 , Nature and man recipro- cally related . 38 , Man's " foundation in the dust . " 39 ...
... answered . 34 , Plurality of species involves greater difficulties . 35 , The different branches of evidence unite . 36 , Thirdly , Instincts . 37 , Nature and man recipro- cally related . 38 , Man's " foundation in the dust . " 39 ...
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... answered by creation must be supposed to be included in the Divine purpose , and as the coming of man was calculated to answer the highest end at that time attained , every preceding end may be regarded as a means in order to its ...
... answered by creation must be supposed to be included in the Divine purpose , and as the coming of man was calculated to answer the highest end at that time attained , every preceding end may be regarded as a means in order to its ...
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... answered them both in His works and in His word . A race of angelic beings , as already intimated , had come on the field of the Divine manifestation bright with the lustre of holiness . Some , but only some of them , failing to keep ...
... answered them both in His works and in His word . A race of angelic beings , as already intimated , had come on the field of the Divine manifestation bright with the lustre of holiness . Some , but only some of them , failing to keep ...
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... answering in some respects to that of the Infinite Creator . In this new creature we behold a being capable of knowing that which is not himself ; of breaking away from the chain of mere sensa- tions received from this external economy ...
... answering in some respects to that of the Infinite Creator . In this new creature we behold a being capable of knowing that which is not himself ; of breaking away from the chain of mere sensa- tions received from this external economy ...
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Page 80 - The use of this FEIGNED HISTORY hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is agreeable to the spirit of man a more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a more absolute variety than can be found in the nature of things.
Page 294 - ... in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay there, it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth on farther, and seeth the dependence of causes and the works of Providence ; then, according to the allegory of the poets, he will easily believe that the highest link of nature's chain must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair.
Page 452 - The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, From the beginning, Or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; When there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth...
Page 461 - PRINCIPLES OF ZOOLOGY; Touching the Structure, Development, Distribution, and Natural Arrangement, of the RACES OF ANIMALS, living and extinct, with numerous Illustrations. For the use of Schools and Colleges. Part I. COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY.
Page 58 - We are thus taught the salutary lesson, that the capacity of thought is not to be constituted into the measure of existence ; and are warned from recognizing the domain of our knowledge as necessarily co-extensive with the horizon of our faith. And by a wonderful revelation, we are thus, in the very consciousness of our inability to conceive aught above the relative and finite, inspired with a belief in the existence of something unconditioned beyond the sphere of all comprehensible reality.
Page 463 - PALEY'S NATURAL THEOLOGY. Illustrated by forty plates, and Selections from the notes of Dr. Paxton, with additional Notes, original and selected, for this edition ; with a vocabulary of Scientific Terms. Edited by JOHN WARE, JI.D.
Page 241 - Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God hath showed it unto them. For the invisible things of him, from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his Eternal Power and God-head, so that they are without excuse...
Page 80 - And therefore it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things.
Page 15 - And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.