True Deism, the Basis of Christianity: Or, Observations on Mr. Thomas Chubb's Posthumous-works. ... By Caleb Flemingauthor; sold, 1749 - 150 pages |
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... God's love of the " world : confidered fubjectively , or in man , is his " firm belief of God's love of the world : but it is " the chief defign of the Chriftian revelation to ex- " hibit God's love of the world ; therefore true de ...
... God's love of the " world : confidered fubjectively , or in man , is his " firm belief of God's love of the world : but it is " the chief defign of the Chriftian revelation to ex- " hibit God's love of the world ; therefore true de ...
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... God , in its general idea , fuppofeth his government of the world , by giving laws to the various di- ftinct parts of it ; laws ... God's bidding this earth turn upon her axis dai- B ly , ly , and perform her annual revolutions , would be I.
... God , in its general idea , fuppofeth his government of the world , by giving laws to the various di- ftinct parts of it ; laws ... God's bidding this earth turn upon her axis dai- B ly , ly , and perform her annual revolutions , would be I.
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... God , or his laws , refpecting his creation , are operative laws , which imply the perpetual impreffion of his power . Gravitation and attraction are furely no other than the energy of ... God's will , respecting An Efay on Providence .
... God , or his laws , refpecting his creation , are operative laws , which imply the perpetual impreffion of his power . Gravitation and attraction are furely no other than the energy of ... God's will , respecting An Efay on Providence .
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... God's creation , distinguished from his natural , by the term , moral govern- ment , will or providence ; we may expect , that fince his natural laws are fubordinate , fo they will be found fubfervient to the moral : or , that as his ...
... God's creation , distinguished from his natural , by the term , moral govern- ment , will or providence ; we may expect , that fince his natural laws are fubordinate , fo they will be found fubfervient to the moral : or , that as his ...
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... It is quite abfurd to fuppofe it ! And it is as true now , as it always was , that if men ferve the Lord , be will blefs their bread and their water . And this this is the universal teftimony of God's being , and An Effay on Providence .
... It is quite abfurd to fuppofe it ! And it is as true now , as it always was , that if men ferve the Lord , be will blefs their bread and their water . And this this is the universal teftimony of God's being , and An Effay on Providence .
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Page 122 - I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth ; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
Page 70 - At that day ye shall ask in my name : and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you : for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
Page 40 - And he said unto them: Unto you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all things are done in parables: that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them.
Page 57 - For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more ; and unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews...
Page 42 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths : but I say unto you, Swear not at all : neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool...
Page 117 - Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
Page 37 - I am come to send fire on the earth ; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
Page 16 - This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
Page 143 - Refurreflion of the dead, Have ye not read that which was fpoken unto you by God, faying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Ifaac, and the God of Jacob ? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living11.
Page 117 - And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep. 32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.