The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation: In Two Parts. Viz. The Heavenly Bodies, Elements, Meteors, Fossils, Vegetables, Animals (beasts, Birds, Fishes, and Insects), More Particularly in the Body of the Earth, Its Figure, Motion, and Consistency, and in the Admirable Structure of the Bodies of Man and Other Animals, as Also in Their Generation, &c. : with Answers to Some Objections |
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... Instances , that he is not confin'd to one only Inftrument for the working one Effect , but can perform the fame Thing by divers Means . So , tho ' Feathers feem neceffary for flying , yet hath he enabled several Creatures to fly ...
... Instances , that he is not confin'd to one only Inftrument for the working one Effect , but can perform the fame Thing by divers Means . So , tho ' Feathers feem neceffary for flying , yet hath he enabled several Creatures to fly ...
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... Instance , that is , of the Wafp , whofe Breeding is deferr'd till after the Summer - Solstice , few of them appearing be- fore July : Whereas one would be apt to think . the vigorous and quickning Heat of the Sun in the Youth of the ...
... Instance , that is , of the Wafp , whofe Breeding is deferr'd till after the Summer - Solstice , few of them appearing be- fore July : Whereas one would be apt to think . the vigorous and quickning Heat of the Sun in the Youth of the ...
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... instance , could fee quite crofs the Mediterranean - Sea ? and yet it is clear they fly out of Italy into Africk , lighting many times on Ships in the midst of the Sea , to reft themselves when tir'd and fpent with flying . That they ...
... instance , could fee quite crofs the Mediterranean - Sea ? and yet it is clear they fly out of Italy into Africk , lighting many times on Ships in the midst of the Sea , to reft themselves when tir'd and fpent with flying . That they ...
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... instance in Quadrupeds , fome of which have as great a Diverfity of Voices as Hens themselves , and all of them fignificant ; for Ex- ample , that common domestick Animal the Cat , as is obvious to every one to observe , and there- fore ...
... instance in Quadrupeds , fome of which have as great a Diverfity of Voices as Hens themselves , and all of them fignificant ; for Ex- ample , that common domestick Animal the Cat , as is obvious to every one to observe , and there- fore ...
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... instance in no more , the muscular Con- traction and Pulfe of the Heart ferves not only for the Circulation of the Blood , but also for the more more perfect Mixture of its Parts , preferving its due 242 The WISDOM of GOD Part II .
... instance in no more , the muscular Con- traction and Pulfe of the Heart ferves not only for the Circulation of the Blood , but also for the more more perfect Mixture of its Parts , preferving its due 242 The WISDOM of GOD Part II .
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Page 399 - And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat : for hitherto ye were not able to bear it. Neither yet now are ye able.
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