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... confequence , for wifhing to prefix the title of philofophy to this treatife . It is not uncommon to place philofophy and religion in oppofition to one another , as if to infinuate that they were oppofite and irreconcileable ; as if the ...
... confequence , for wifhing to prefix the title of philofophy to this treatife . It is not uncommon to place philofophy and religion in oppofition to one another , as if to infinuate that they were oppofite and irreconcileable ; as if the ...
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... confequence and magnitude , than this con- temptible globe of ours . We cannot suppose these to be dead maffes of in- active matter , without life and without any rational inhabitants , created for no other purpose than to em- ploy men ...
... confequence and magnitude , than this con- temptible globe of ours . We cannot suppose these to be dead maffes of in- active matter , without life and without any rational inhabitants , created for no other purpose than to em- ploy men ...
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... confequence of thefe principles is with much . force and feeling defcribed by Cicero . They are worthy of being translated and quoted , that we may have an opportunity of feeing the opinion of a great and illuftrious heathen on the ...
... confequence of thefe principles is with much . force and feeling defcribed by Cicero . They are worthy of being translated and quoted , that we may have an opportunity of feeing the opinion of a great and illuftrious heathen on the ...
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... confequence are led with great facility to adopt principles favour- able to fuch wishes . 5. How then are we to account for the inftance mentioned in the preceding pages , of that man fub- mitting to matyrdom , rather than abjure fuch a ...
... confequence are led with great facility to adopt principles favour- able to fuch wishes . 5. How then are we to account for the inftance mentioned in the preceding pages , of that man fub- mitting to matyrdom , rather than abjure fuch a ...
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... confequence of these researches , prefent us with ftill more ftriking marks of wildom and goodness , and remove alfo more and more our objections and doubts . Whether thefe refearches ascend or descend ; whether they take in a wider ...
... confequence of these researches , prefent us with ftill more ftriking marks of wildom and goodness , and remove alfo more and more our objections and doubts . Whether thefe refearches ascend or descend ; whether they take in a wider ...
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Page 392 - For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee ; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another ; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Page 280 - Ye men of Israel, hear these words, Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know...
Page 474 - And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
Page 403 - For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
Page 314 - ... and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Page 408 - And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child : and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Page 194 - The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; Neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: Neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha...
Page 373 - Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not : for of such is the kingdom of God. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
Page 338 - I am the resurrection and the life ; he that believeth on Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live : and whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die.
Page 438 - God ; and bind themselves by an oath, not to the commission of any wickedness, but not to be guilty of theft, or robbery, or adultery, never to falsify their word, nor to deny a pledge committed to them, when...