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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... Causes . Befides that , as unconceivably great and terrible as they may appear with refpect to Men , they are neverthe- lefs compell'd by an invifible Power and Di- rection , not only to concur in preserving us alive , but alfo to ...
... Causes . Befides that , as unconceivably great and terrible as they may appear with refpect to Men , they are neverthe- lefs compell'd by an invifible Power and Di- rection , not only to concur in preserving us alive , but alfo to ...
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... Causes , feem to be merely fortuitous ; from whence they conclude , that at fuch fuch times they are Safe and Secure enough , and 272 The Religious Philofopher . The Miftakes of fome Atheists The Sixth Experiment, fhewing that the ...
... Causes , feem to be merely fortuitous ; from whence they conclude , that at fuch fuch times they are Safe and Secure enough , and 272 The Religious Philofopher . The Miftakes of fome Atheists The Sixth Experiment, fhewing that the ...
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... Causes may likewife intervene and co - ope- rate , which we did not think of in the Deduction , as it happens to thofe that exercise themselves in fuch Enquiries more frequently than they could wifh ; ) I therefore took a Tin Tube of 36 ...
... Causes may likewife intervene and co - ope- rate , which we did not think of in the Deduction , as it happens to thofe that exercise themselves in fuch Enquiries more frequently than they could wifh ; ) I therefore took a Tin Tube of 36 ...
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... Cause of which was , that by the fub- fiding of the Water there was an empty space left above in the Tube , and confequently the Preffure upon the Water was remov'd ; whereupon the Air that was in the Water , expanding it felf ...
... Cause of which was , that by the fub- fiding of the Water there was an empty space left above in the Tube , and confequently the Preffure upon the Water was remov'd ; whereupon the Air that was in the Water , expanding it felf ...
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... Causes , such as the difference of Wa- ters and Seasons , and of the mixture of more or less Air therein ; but this is not material , for the fmalleft Weight is here the strongest Proof . This This then being fuppos'd , altho ' this ...
... Causes , such as the difference of Wa- ters and Seasons , and of the mixture of more or less Air therein ; but this is not material , for the fmalleft Weight is here the strongest Proof . This This then being fuppos'd , altho ' this ...
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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.