Reflections on the Works of God and of His Providnce Throughout All Nature, Volume 1 |
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... , there is but one other in the world so remarkable , and this is visibly the image of that state which death reduces us to . Sleep and death are so nearly alike , it is right to observe it . Who Jan. 9 . 19 STURM'S REFLECTIONS .
... , there is but one other in the world so remarkable , and this is visibly the image of that state which death reduces us to . Sleep and death are so nearly alike , it is right to observe it . Who Jan. 9 . 19 STURM'S REFLECTIONS .
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Christoph Christian Sturm. alike , it is right to observe it . Who , in reality , can think of sleep , without recollecting death also ? As imperceptibly as we now fall into the arms of sleep , shall we one day fall into those of death ...
Christoph Christian Sturm. alike , it is right to observe it . Who , in reality , can think of sleep , without recollecting death also ? As imperceptibly as we now fall into the arms of sleep , shall we one day fall into those of death ...
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... observe that every grain is different , both in size and shape . Some are perfectly round , others square , others conical , but mostly irregular . And what is still more astonishing is , that , by means of a microscope , which makes ...
... observe that every grain is different , both in size and shape . Some are perfectly round , others square , others conical , but mostly irregular . And what is still more astonishing is , that , by means of a microscope , which makes ...
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... observe the several forms water takes under the creating hand of God ? sometimes it forms itself into hail ; sometimes it hardens into ice ; and sometimes changes into snow , and into in- numerable flakes of it . All these changes serve ...
... observe the several forms water takes under the creating hand of God ? sometimes it forms itself into hail ; sometimes it hardens into ice ; and sometimes changes into snow , and into in- numerable flakes of it . All these changes serve ...
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... observe in the eye . Whatever sagacity or industry he might have , he could execute no- thing which would not have the imperfections necessarily belonging to all the works of man . We cannot , it is true , perceive clearly the whole art ...
... observe in the eye . Whatever sagacity or industry he might have , he could execute no- thing which would not have the imperfections necessarily belonging to all the works of man . We cannot , it is true , perceive clearly the whole art ...
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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.