The existence of GodA.J. Matsell, 1822 - Bible |
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... heavens had exclaimed , " Well , ' tis a simple fact that there are stars , " and then had stopped at that ; where would have been his present system of astronomy ? Suppose Columbus had said , " That there is one continent I know , but ...
... heavens had exclaimed , " Well , ' tis a simple fact that there are stars , " and then had stopped at that ; where would have been his present system of astronomy ? Suppose Columbus had said , " That there is one continent I know , but ...
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... heavens above ; until at last , pretence becomes reality , and ingenious imagina- tion turns to honest belief . There is not one reason , why a man should pretend to that most unfashionable of heresies , spiritual shortsightedness . A ...
... heavens above ; until at last , pretence becomes reality , and ingenious imagina- tion turns to honest belief . There is not one reason , why a man should pretend to that most unfashionable of heresies , spiritual shortsightedness . A ...
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... stretches comparison from earth to heaven , and , after one short moment's inspection of one poor speck of the uni- verse- ( for what is our life but a moment , and our earth but a speck ? ) - decides , from the 40 EXISTENCE OF GOD .
... stretches comparison from earth to heaven , and , after one short moment's inspection of one poor speck of the uni- verse- ( for what is our life but a moment , and our earth but a speck ? ) - decides , from the 40 EXISTENCE OF GOD .
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... heaven ? Canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth ? Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts ? or who hath given understanding to the heart ? Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the pea- cocks ? or wings and feathers unto the ...
... heaven ? Canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth ? Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts ? or who hath given understanding to the heart ? Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the pea- cocks ? or wings and feathers unto the ...
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... Heaven ? " If I could say why not , I must be possessed of that very knowledge the possession of which I disclaim . " But is not the argument , " you insist " in itself con- clusive ? " It can , in the very nature of things , be only ...
... Heaven ? " If I could say why not , I must be possessed of that very knowledge the possession of which I disclaim . " But is not the argument , " you insist " in itself con- clusive ? " It can , in the very nature of things , be only ...
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Page 205 - ... all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not ; but superstition dismounts all these, and erecteth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men. Therefore atheism did never perturb states ; for it makes men wary of themselves, as looking no further : and we see the times inclined to atheism (as the time of Augustus Csesar) were civil times. But superstition hath been the confusion of many states, and bringeth in a new primum mobile, that ravisheth all the spheres of...
Page 204 - Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not: but superstition dismounts all these, and erecteth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men.
Page vii - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?
Page 67 - Ah! little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain. How many sink in the devouring flood, Or more devouring flame. How many bleed, By shameful variance betwixt man and man. How many pine in want, and dungeon glooms; Shut from the common air, and common use Of their own limbs.
Page 56 - WHO is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man ; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
Page 56 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Page 97 - Men suffer all their life long under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself as for a thing to be, and not to be, at the same time.
Page 181 - Fear made her devils, and weak hope her gods ;, Gods partial, changeful, passionate, unjust, Whose attributes were rage, revenge or lust ; Such as the souls of cowards might conceive, And, form'd like tyrants, tyrants would believe.
Page 56 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 56 - And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.