Reflections on the Works of God and of His Providnce Throughout All Nature, Volume 1 |
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... able to contribute to it in the smallest degree . Every thing con- vinces me , that my faculties , my state , the dura- tion of my existence , does not depend on my will : it is God , who , by a secret and absolute power , maintains in ...
... able to contribute to it in the smallest degree . Every thing con- vinces me , that my faculties , my state , the dura- tion of my existence , does not depend on my will : it is God , who , by a secret and absolute power , maintains in ...
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... able to provide so many other necessaries and conveniences of life , if the workmen and artists did not procure them for us with the help of fire ? Without that element , we should not be able to melt metals , to make them malleable ...
... able to provide so many other necessaries and conveniences of life , if the workmen and artists did not procure them for us with the help of fire ? Without that element , we should not be able to melt metals , to make them malleable ...
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... able to form a plan , and take secure measures for our own preservation , the more the arrangements , so full of wisdom and goodness , made by our Creator , to provide for it , deserve our attention and admiration . But there would be a ...
... able to form a plan , and take secure measures for our own preservation , the more the arrangements , so full of wisdom and goodness , made by our Creator , to provide for it , deserve our attention and admiration . But there would be a ...
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... able to clothe us . The God , who points out to them a retreat in the caves of the moun tains , will find for us an asylum to pass our days in quietness . The God , who has prepared for them , even under the snow and ice , their proper ...
... able to clothe us . The God , who points out to them a retreat in the caves of the moun tains , will find for us an asylum to pass our days in quietness . The God , who has prepared for them , even under the snow and ice , their proper ...
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... able effects of divine goodness ! They think that nothing extraordinary happens when balmy sleep comes upon them . They think the machine , their body , is formed for that situation , and that their inclination to sleep proceeds from ...
... able effects of divine goodness ! They think that nothing extraordinary happens when balmy sleep comes upon them . They think the machine , their body , is formed for that situation , and that their inclination to sleep proceeds from ...
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Page 290 - The eyes of all wait upon thee ; And thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Page 325 - ... 0 the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his counsellor? or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again ? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things : to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
Page 47 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...
Page 258 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Page 46 - For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
Page 46 - He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
Page 45 - Thou, even thou, art Lord alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all ; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Page 47 - For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.
Page 306 - I WILL magnify thee, O God, my King ; and I will praise thy Name for ever and ever.
Page 258 - For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone, and the place thereof shall know it no more.