The Philosophy of Religion: Or an Illustration of the Moral Laws of the UniverseKey & Biddle, 1833 - 391 pages |
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... wisdom and benevolence of its Almighty Author , to suppose , that there are beings within the range of his dominions as far superior to man in the compre- hension and extent of mental and corporeal powers , as man is , in these respects ...
... wisdom and benevolence of its Almighty Author , to suppose , that there are beings within the range of his dominions as far superior to man in the compre- hension and extent of mental and corporeal powers , as man is , in these respects ...
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... wisdom , and peopled with myriads of rational inhabitants . The human mind , after it has received notices of such stupen- dous scenes , naturally longs for a nearer and more intimate in- spection of the grandeur and economy of those ...
... wisdom , and peopled with myriads of rational inhabitants . The human mind , after it has received notices of such stupen- dous scenes , naturally longs for a nearer and more intimate in- spection of the grandeur and economy of those ...
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... wisdom of its Almighty Author . Moral Order is the harmony of intelligent beings in respect to one another , and to their Creator , and is founded upon those relations in which they respectively stand to each other.- Thus , Reverence ...
... wisdom of its Almighty Author . Moral Order is the harmony of intelligent beings in respect to one another , and to their Creator , and is founded upon those relations in which they respectively stand to each other.- Thus , Reverence ...
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... wisdom and goodness which they unfold - Reverence , which is nearly allied to admi- ration , is a solemn emotion , mingled with awe and delight , excited in the mind , when it contemplates the perfections , and the grand operations of ...
... wisdom and goodness which they unfold - Reverence , which is nearly allied to admi- ration , is a solemn emotion , mingled with awe and delight , excited in the mind , when it contemplates the perfections , and the grand operations of ...
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... wisdom which they were destined to accomplish . It must , however , be admitted , that the manifestation of power , or great physical energy , abstractly considered , is not of itself calculated to produce that emotion of reverence ...
... wisdom which they were destined to accomplish . It must , however , be admitted , that the manifestation of power , or great physical energy , abstractly considered , is not of itself calculated to produce that emotion of reverence ...
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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.