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... beginning and the end of this process . Thousands of years ago there were men who said as plainly as could be done or de- sired that God was omnipotent ; but surely every one who believes in God will acknowledge , that the discoveries ...
... beginning and the end of this process . Thousands of years ago there were men who said as plainly as could be done or de- sired that God was omnipotent ; but surely every one who believes in God will acknowledge , that the discoveries ...
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... beginning to end a conspicuous contradiction of it . If all men have the spiritual power of directly beholding their Creator - have an immediate vision of God- how happens it that whole nations believe in the most absurd and monstrous ...
... beginning to end a conspicuous contradiction of it . If all men have the spiritual power of directly beholding their Creator - have an immediate vision of God- how happens it that whole nations believe in the most absurd and monstrous ...
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... beginning should also have a cause or not , but for what rea- son we pronounce it necessary . He assumed that we pronounce it necessary , and his elaborate in- vestigation into the nature of causation was un- dertaken expressly and ...
... beginning should also have a cause or not , but for what rea- son we pronounce it necessary . He assumed that we pronounce it necessary , and his elaborate in- vestigation into the nature of causation was un- dertaken expressly and ...
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... beginning , and the only valid proof of that which reason can hope to find must be derived from the examination of the universe itself . What , then , is the result of such an examination ? An absolute certainty that all the things ...
... beginning , and the only valid proof of that which reason can hope to find must be derived from the examination of the universe itself . What , then , is the result of such an examination ? An absolute certainty that all the things ...
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... beginning , —that the most powerful , penetrating , and delicate instruments devised to assist our senses reach no cause which is not obviously also an effect . The progress of science has not more convincingly and completely disproved ...
... beginning , —that the most powerful , penetrating , and delicate instruments devised to assist our senses reach no cause which is not obviously also an effect . The progress of science has not more convincingly and completely disproved ...
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Page 176 - When he established the clouds above : When he strengthened the fountains of the deep : When he gave to the sea his decree, That the waters should not pass his commandment: When he appointed the foundations of the earth : 235 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him : And I was daily his delight, Rejoicing always before him ; Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth ; And my delights were with the sons of men.
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