Prospect: Or, View of the Moral World, 1. köideE. Palmer, 1803 |
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... must be marked by the puri- ty of its moral precepts , and in deficiency of this considera- tion , it forfeits all just pretention to human credence and respect : the tenacious adherents of superstition , however , assert that their ...
... must be marked by the puri- ty of its moral precepts , and in deficiency of this considera- tion , it forfeits all just pretention to human credence and respect : the tenacious adherents of superstition , however , assert that their ...
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... must consist in the developement of their differ- ent energies for the important purpose of augmenting good , and diminishing evil , through the whole mass of existence ; let this bigot if he is not convinced by this new matter of ...
... must consist in the developement of their differ- ent energies for the important purpose of augmenting good , and diminishing evil , through the whole mass of existence ; let this bigot if he is not convinced by this new matter of ...
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... must have been , the first and most ancient religion of mankind . This opinion I shall endeavour to confirm by the following arguments . It is a matter of fact incontestible , that about 1700 years ago all mankind were polytheists . The ...
... must have been , the first and most ancient religion of mankind . This opinion I shall endeavour to confirm by the following arguments . It is a matter of fact incontestible , that about 1700 years ago all mankind were polytheists . The ...
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... must be sought for and exhibited in successive numbers , in such manner as to accord with taste and general utility . It will be recollected by our sub- scribers , that one half of the annual price of this Paper was to be paid in ...
... must be sought for and exhibited in successive numbers , in such manner as to accord with taste and general utility . It will be recollected by our sub- scribers , that one half of the annual price of this Paper was to be paid in ...
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... must be pronounced to be radically erroneous . God is believed to be the creator and author of all things ; christians believe that Jesus Christ is the only begotton son of God and coe- qual in every point of view with his father ; the ...
... must be pronounced to be radically erroneous . God is believed to be the creator and author of all things ; christians believe that Jesus Christ is the only begotton son of God and coe- qual in every point of view with his father ; the ...
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Page 122 - 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 126 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 149 - Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. 5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs crying, and cutting himself with stones.
Page 126 - So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
Page 105 - And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud : And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh ; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Page 149 - And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
Page 132 - THIS is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam; in the day when they were created.
Page 143 - And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him. And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
Page 97 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 105 - And God said,' This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations. I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.