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... writings with great pleasure , from which perhaps some tinge — may have adhered to me . " From a larger quotation out of his Ars Critica , in Pye Smith's Scripture Testimony to the Messiah , vol . III . p . 25 , third ed . Yet , if any ...
... writings with great pleasure , from which perhaps some tinge — may have adhered to me . " From a larger quotation out of his Ars Critica , in Pye Smith's Scripture Testimony to the Messiah , vol . III . p . 25 , third ed . Yet , if any ...
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... writing known to exist : and the most early of them affirm the fact of both the univer- sal creation of the world , and the preparation and adaptation of that part of it which was de- signed to be the habitation of man . SCIENCE AND ...
... writing known to exist : and the most early of them affirm the fact of both the univer- sal creation of the world , and the preparation and adaptation of that part of it which was de- signed to be the habitation of man . SCIENCE AND ...
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... writings of Butler alone are sufficient for this purpose . We are convinced also , upon the most satisfactory grounds , that this Wise and Gracious Being has been pleased to give the elements of positive knowledge to mankind ...
... writings of Butler alone are sufficient for this purpose . We are convinced also , upon the most satisfactory grounds , that this Wise and Gracious Being has been pleased to give the elements of positive knowledge to mankind ...
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... writings com- posed in long past times and in ancient languages . Association of Geology truth . The study of revealed religion , thus pursued , with all other cannot but be in perfect harmony with all true science . The works and the ...
... writings com- posed in long past times and in ancient languages . Association of Geology truth . The study of revealed religion , thus pursued , with all other cannot but be in perfect harmony with all true science . The works and the ...
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... writings . When we are compelled , by the force of con- viction , to make observations of this kind , it is proper to shew that we do not stand alone . I consider it to be an advantage for aiding the mind in the pursuit of truth , and ...
... writings . When we are compelled , by the force of con- viction , to make observations of this kind , it is proper to shew that we do not stand alone . I consider it to be an advantage for aiding the mind in the pursuit of truth , and ...
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Page 274 - There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured ; coals were kindled by it.
Page 411 - O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Page 304 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 258 - Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
Page 255 - Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still : therefore my bowels are troubled for him ; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.
Page 305 - Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
Page 104 - And the waters returned from off the earth continually : and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains, of Ararat.
Page 255 - And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous, I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
Page 306 - And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
Page 324 - I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things...