The Philosophy of Religion: Or an Illustration of the Moral Laws of the UniverseKey & Biddle, 1833 - 391 pages |
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... regions of the material world are also replenished with intellectual beings , of various orders , in which there may be a gradation upwards , in the scale of intel- lect above that of man , as diversified as that which we per- ceive in ...
... regions of the material world are also replenished with intellectual beings , of various orders , in which there may be a gradation upwards , in the scale of intel- lect above that of man , as diversified as that which we per- ceive in ...
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... regions of that vast empire of which they form a part ; -to trace the superior intellectual faculties and the sensitive organs with which they are endowed - the profound investigations they have made into the economy of the universe ...
... regions of that vast empire of which they form a part ; -to trace the superior intellectual faculties and the sensitive organs with which they are endowed - the profound investigations they have made into the economy of the universe ...
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... regions of the universe which they occupy , and in the extent of their intellectual powers . Above all , this subject is more intimately connected with the present and future happiness of man than any other which comes within the range ...
... regions of the universe which they occupy , and in the extent of their intellectual powers . Above all , this subject is more intimately connected with the present and future happiness of man than any other which comes within the range ...
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... region of universal nature his residence may be found . Hence we may learn , that the highest attainments in science to which any one can arrive , though they may expand the range of his intellectual views , will not ensure to their ...
... region of universal nature his residence may be found . Hence we may learn , that the highest attainments in science to which any one can arrive , though they may expand the range of his intellectual views , will not ensure to their ...
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... regions of space , to impinge against the planet Saturn , and to convulse the so- lid crust of that globe from its surface to its centre , to disar- range the order of its satellites , to shatter its rings into pieces , and to carry the ...
... regions of space , to impinge against the planet Saturn , and to convulse the so- lid crust of that globe from its surface to its centre , to disar- range the order of its satellites , to shatter its rings into pieces , and to carry 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.