An Analysis of Religious Belief, Volume 2Trübner & Company, 1876 - Religions |
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... caused the com- mentators to torture the sense of the words and the signification of facts . He adds the interesting infor- mation that artists , pushed on by the commentators , have represented the signs of the Trinity in scenes which ...
... caused the com- mentators to torture the sense of the words and the signification of facts . He adds the interesting infor- mation that artists , pushed on by the commentators , have represented the signs of the Trinity in scenes which ...
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... cause all the people in the Empire to fast and purify themselves , and array themselves in their richest dresses , in order to attend at their sacrifices . Then , like overflowing water , they seem to be over the heads , and on the ...
... cause all the people in the Empire to fast and purify themselves , and array themselves in their richest dresses , in order to attend at their sacrifices . Then , like overflowing water , they seem to be over the heads , and on the ...
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... cause the prince to make that man a great officer . Yaou presented Shun to Heaven , and the people accepted him ... caused him to preside over the sacrifices , and all the spirits were well pleased with them ; — thus Heaven accepted him ...
... cause the prince to make that man a great officer . Yaou presented Shun to Heaven , and the people accepted him ... caused him to preside over the sacrifices , and all the spirits were well pleased with them ; — thus Heaven accepted him ...
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... cause them tranquilly to pursue the course which it would indicate , is the work of the sovereign . " The king of Hea ' extinguished his virtue and played the tyrant , extending his oppression over you , the people of the myriad regions ...
... cause them tranquilly to pursue the course which it would indicate , is the work of the sovereign . " The king of Hea ' extinguished his virtue and played the tyrant , extending his oppression over you , the people of the myriad regions ...
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... causes which lead to the preservation or loss of Heaven's favour are thus described by " The Duke of Chow : " - " The favour of Heaven is not easily preserved . Heaven is hard to be depended on . Men lose its favouring appointment ...
... causes which lead to the preservation or loss of Heaven's favour are thus described by " The Duke of Chow : " - " The favour of Heaven is not easily preserved . Heaven is hard to be depended on . Men lose its favouring appointment ...
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Page 270 - O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
Page 222 - And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Page 320 - And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
Page 267 - Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Page 248 - And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
Page 283 - In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land : whom the Lord of Hosts shall bless, saying, " Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
Page 330 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago (whether in the body I cannot tell; or whether out of the body I cannot tell: God knoweth); such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth); How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
Page 287 - See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
Page 37 - When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path. What you do not like, when done to yourself, do not do to others.
Page 92 - The great lord of these worlds sees as if he were near. If a man thinks he is walking by stealth, the gods know it all. ' If a man stands or walks or hides, if he goes to lie down or to get up, what two people sitting together whisper, King Varuna knows it, he is there as the third.