A Series of Discourses on the Christian Revelation, Viewed in Connection with the Modern AstronomyJ. Smith, 1817 - 276 |
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... principles or prejudices of the people whom he was ad- dressing . He often made a favourite opinion of their own the starting point of his explana tion ; and educing a dexterous but irresistible train of argument from some principle ...
... principles or prejudices of the people whom he was ad- dressing . He often made a favourite opinion of their own the starting point of his explana tion ; and educing a dexterous but irresistible train of argument from some principle ...
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... of the various classes of society . Should he not still have acted on the principle of being all things to all men ? Should he not have ac- commodated his discussion to the prevailing taste , and literature , and philosophy of the times 19.
... of the various classes of society . Should he not still have acted on the principle of being all things to all men ? Should he not have ac- commodated his discussion to the prevailing taste , and literature , and philosophy of the times 19.
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... principle of their own ; and , in the prose- cution of this principle , might he not have got completely beyond the comprehension of a nu- merous class of zealous , humble , and devoted Christians ? Now , the question is not , how these ...
... principle of their own ; and , in the prose- cution of this principle , might he not have got completely beyond the comprehension of a nu- merous class of zealous , humble , and devoted Christians ? Now , the question is not , how these ...
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... principle to the still more distant parts of the universe ? What though , from this remote point of observation , we can see nothing but the naked roundness of yon planetary orbs ? Are we therefore to say , that they are so many vast ...
... principle to the still more distant parts of the universe ? What though , from this remote point of observation , we can see nothing but the naked roundness of yon planetary orbs ? Are we therefore to say , that they are so many vast ...
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... principles , it may be proved how much more elevated is the wisdom of him who sits with the docility of a little child , to his Bible , and casts down to its authority , all his lofty imaginations . DISCOURSE II . THE MODESTY OF TRUE ...
... principles , it may be proved how much more elevated is the wisdom of him who sits with the docility of a little child , to his Bible , and casts down to its authority , all his lofty imaginations . DISCOURSE II . THE MODESTY OF TRUE ...
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Strona 267 - The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb...
Strona 270 - Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it, 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
Strona 264 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Strona 266 - But ye are come unto Mount Zion ; and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem ; and to an innumerable company of angels ; to the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heaven ; and to God, the Judge of all; and to the spirits of just men made perfect...
Strona 267 - And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer...
Strona 262 - Every day will I bless Thee ; And I will praise Thy name for ever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised ; And His greatness is unsearchable.
Strona 270 - ... feet. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power ? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart ? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
Strona 273 - And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Strona 258 - Thou, even thou, art LORD alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Strona 263 - But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded?