Reflections on the Works of God and of His Providnce Throughout All Nature, Volume 1 |
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... admiration at the wisdom and goodness of its Au- thor ! But , however incapable we are of forming to ourselves an idea of the whole of his works , the little we understand of it gives us sufficient reason to acknowledge , that the ...
... admiration at the wisdom and goodness of its Au- thor ! But , however incapable we are of forming to ourselves an idea of the whole of his works , the little we understand of it gives us sufficient reason to acknowledge , that the ...
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... admiration . The for- mation of a child in the womb of its mother , is as great a miracle of the power and wisdom of God , as the creation of the first man , formed out of the dust . Likewise the preservation of our life , if we reflect ...
... admiration . The for- mation of a child in the womb of its mother , is as great a miracle of the power and wisdom of God , as the creation of the first man , formed out of the dust . Likewise the preservation of our life , if we reflect ...
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... admire and bless him for them ? How just that I should do so ? and that , by this homage , I should distin- guish myself from the insensible brute , from those creatures who have not received the faculty of contemplating the works of ...
... admire and bless him for them ? How just that I should do so ? and that , by this homage , I should distin- guish myself from the insensible brute , from those creatures who have not received the faculty of contemplating the works of ...
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... admiration . But there would be a sort of selfishness in confining the divine goodness and wisdom to the preservation of man- kind alone , without remembering the care that Providence also takes of animals during winter . A care which ...
... admiration . But there would be a sort of selfishness in confining the divine goodness and wisdom to the preservation of man- kind alone , without remembering the care that Providence also takes of animals during winter . A care which ...
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... Admire , on one hand , the regularity , the sym . metry of its form , and , on the other , the infinite number of the same flakes which fall from the air ... What an agreeable sight , to see the hill , the forest , and the groves ...
... Admire , on one hand , the regularity , the sym . metry of its form , and , on the other , the infinite number of the same flakes which fall from the air ... What an agreeable sight , to see the hill , the forest , and the groves ...
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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.