The Philosophy of Religion: Or an Illustration of the Moral Laws of the UniverseKey & Biddle, 1833 - 391 pages |
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... nature can be perceiv- ed only by thinking beings , without the existence of which , the material universe would remain like a mighty blank , and might be said to have been created in vain . Hence it appears , that , previous to our ...
... nature can be perceiv- ed only by thinking beings , without the existence of which , the material universe would remain like a mighty blank , and might be said to have been created in vain . Hence it appears , that , previous to our ...
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... nature and economy of those intellectual beings , till our souls take their flight from these " tabernacles of clay , " to join their kindred spirits in the invi- sible world . While we remain in our sublunary mansion , our ...
... nature and economy of those intellectual beings , till our souls take their flight from these " tabernacles of clay , " to join their kindred spirits in the invi- sible world . While we remain in our sublunary mansion , our ...
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... nature and operations of the intellectual powers . Illustrations , level to every capacity , and which come home to every one's bosom , may be derived both from reason and expe- rience , from the annals of history , and the records of ...
... nature and operations of the intellectual powers . Illustrations , level to every capacity , and which come home to every one's bosom , may be derived both from reason and expe- rience , from the annals of history , and the records of ...
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... nature , and a haughtiness of mind which are altogether inconsistent with the mild and benevolent precepts of Him who , in the midst of his severest sufferings from men , exclaimed " Father , forgive them , for they know not what they ...
... nature , and a haughtiness of mind which are altogether inconsistent with the mild and benevolent precepts of Him who , in the midst of his severest sufferings from men , exclaimed " Father , forgive them , for they know not what they ...
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... nature of things , and which tends to produce the greatest sum of happiness . Physical Order , or the order of the material universe , is that by which every part is made to harmonize to the other part , and all individually to the ...
... nature of things , and which tends to produce the greatest sum of happiness . Physical Order , or the order of the material universe , is that by which every part is made to harmonize to the other part , and all individually to the ...
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Page 252 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with' violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Page 61 - For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Page 244 - But without faith it is impossible to please God ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Page 47 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand : When I awake, I am still with thee.
Page 140 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 341 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common ; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Page 53 - Who knoweth not in all these That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
Page 47 - I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
Page 197 - And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child : and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Page 144 - Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.