The Religious Philosopher: Or, The Right Use of Contemplating the Works of the Creator ... Designed for the Conviction of Atheists and Intidels, Volume 2J. Senex, 1720 - Natural theology |
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... Seems to be a par- ticular Matter . Sect . VII . The firft Reafon for the abovefaid Opinion . Sect . VIII . The fecond Reafon , and an Experiment . Sect . IX . The third Reafon , and an Experiment . Sect . Sect . X , and XI . The fourth ...
... Seems to be a par- ticular Matter . Sect . VII . The firft Reafon for the abovefaid Opinion . Sect . VIII . The fecond Reafon , and an Experiment . Sect . IX . The third Reafon , and an Experiment . Sect . Sect . X , and XI . The fourth ...
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... seems to afford the ftrongest Proof , or at least the clear- eft and fimpleft : Take a Glafs full of Air , and weigh it in a nice and exact Pair of Scales ; then drawing out the Air as far as poffible with an Air - Pump , and weigh it ...
... seems to afford the ftrongest Proof , or at least the clear- eft and fimpleft : Take a Glafs full of Air , and weigh it in a nice and exact Pair of Scales ; then drawing out the Air as far as poffible with an Air - Pump , and weigh it ...
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... seems requifite to fay fomething concerning Meteors , fuch as the Clouds , Mifts or Fogs , Wind , Rain , Thunder , Lightning , & c .; forafmuch as an infinite Number of Wonders have at all times appeared therein ; and the Almighty has ...
... seems requifite to fay fomething concerning Meteors , fuch as the Clouds , Mifts or Fogs , Wind , Rain , Thunder , Lightning , & c .; forafmuch as an infinite Number of Wonders have at all times appeared therein ; and the Almighty has ...
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... seem to be the lefs ftrange or wonderful ; but it muft however be confeffed , that this is justly reckon'd among the Wonders of the Almighty in many Parts of the Sacred Writings ; as in Pfal . cxxxv . 7. Jer . x . 13. and li . 16. He ...
... seem to be the lefs ftrange or wonderful ; but it muft however be confeffed , that this is justly reckon'd among the Wonders of the Almighty in many Parts of the Sacred Writings ; as in Pfal . cxxxv . 7. Jer . x . 13. and li . 16. He ...
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... seems likewife to be one of thofe ; the rather , because it is not fo much founded upon an Hypothefis , as upon Experience . SECT . XII . Experiments fhew that Air does likewife adhere to other Matters . To fhew the fame , it is known ...
... seems likewife to be one of thofe ; the rather , because it is not fo much founded upon an Hypothefis , as upon Experience . SECT . XII . Experiments fhew that Air does likewife adhere to other Matters . To fhew the fame , it is known ...
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Page 543 - Fear ye not me? Saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Page 632 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 696 - But fome man will fay, How are the dead raifed up ? and with what body do they come ? Thou fool, that which thou foweft is not quickened, except it die : And that which thou foweft, thou foweft not that body that mall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of fome other grain : But GOD giveth it a body as it hath pleafed Him, and to every feed His own body.
Page 655 - Behold the fowls of the air : for they fow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they ? Which of you, by taking thought, can add one cubit unto his ftature?
Page 351 - Philosopher: or, the Right Use of Contemplating the Works of the Creator. I. In the wonderful Structure of Animal Bodies, and in particular Man, II. In the no less wonderful and wise Formation of the Elements and their various Effects upon Animal and Vegetable Bodies, And III. In the most amazing Structure of the Heavens, with all its Furniture. Designed for the Conviction of Atheists and Infidels.
Page 724 - Sweat of thy Face Jhalt thou eat Bread, till thou return unto the Ground; For out of it...
Page 657 - Sea fhall declare unto thee. Who knoweth not in all thefe, that the Hand of the Lord hath wrought this > In whofe Hand is the Soul of every living Thing, and the Breath of all Mankind.
Page 619 - ... melt with fervent heat, the earth alfo and the works that are therein (hall fee burnt up.
Page 543 - Who hatb, placed the fand for the bound of the fea, by a perpetual decree that it cannot pafs ; and the waters thereof tofs.themfelves, yet can they not prevail ; though they roar, yet can they not pafs over it.
Page 474 - Power, he hath, eftablifhed the World by his Wifdom, and hath ftretched out the Heavens by his Difcretion. When he uttereth his Voice, there is a Multitude of Waters in the Heavens, and he caufeth the Vapours to afcend from the Ends of the Earth : He maketh Lightnings with Rain, and bringeth forth the Wind out of his Treafures. Am I a God at hand, faith the Lord, and not xxiii.