The Theological, Philosophical and Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. William Jones ...: In Twelve Volumes : to which is Prefixed a Short Account of His Life and Writings, Volume 6F. and C. Rivington, 1801 - Theology |
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Page 54
... answered if they apply for direction . Where shall the ant or the bee go , but to the Creator , to learn what no reason of man can teach them ? And whither shall man go but to the same teacher ? The knowledge he wants is not from ...
... answered if they apply for direction . Where shall the ant or the bee go , but to the Creator , to learn what no reason of man can teach them ? And whither shall man go but to the same teacher ? The knowledge he wants is not from ...
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... answered by the generation of the earth from the waters of the sea , although we have considered but a part of them . When we examine the substance or matter of the earth , we find all things useful , all administering in various ways ...
... answered by the generation of the earth from the waters of the sea , although we have considered but a part of them . When we examine the substance or matter of the earth , we find all things useful , all administering in various ways ...
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... answer no purpose here to recount the various sorts of opaque stones ; some cu- rious for their beauty , others excellent for their use . The flint enables us to produce fire , of which no creature but man hath the use and management ...
... answer no purpose here to recount the various sorts of opaque stones ; some cu- rious for their beauty , others excellent for their use . The flint enables us to produce fire , of which no creature but man hath the use and management ...
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... answers precisely to his religious state ; and if we duly observe and reflect upon the one , we must admit the other also , or oppose the testimony of our senses . III . The gospel informs us , that there is a light of life to the soul ...
... answers precisely to his religious state ; and if we duly observe and reflect upon the one , we must admit the other also , or oppose the testimony of our senses . III . The gospel informs us , that there is a light of life to the soul ...
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... answers the end of a coffin , or a sepulchre , wherein they are invisibly transformed , and come forth in glorious array , with wings and painted plumes , more like the inhabitants of heaven , than such worms as they were in their ...
... answers the end of a coffin , or a sepulchre , wherein they are invisibly transformed , and come forth in glorious array , with wings and painted plumes , more like the inhabitants of heaven , than such worms as they were in their ...
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Page 419 - And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
Page 92 - The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light : they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined...
Page 253 - And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
Page 132 - GIVE thanks unto THE LORD, for He is good : For His mercy endureth for ever. Let the redeemed of THE LORD say so, Whom He hath redeemed From the hand of the enemy...
Page 260 - And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host : and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
Page 324 - For the mystery of iniquity doth already work : only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming : Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders.
Page 144 - But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth : and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
Page 424 - We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father, that it hath pleased thee to regenerate this infant with thy Holy Spirit, to receive him for thine own child by adoption, and to incorporate him into thy Holy Church.
Page 304 - Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me : thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
Page 99 - Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?