Of the Light of Nature: A DiscourseT. Constable, 1857 - 298 pages |
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Page xvi
... providence ; ' and in his address ' To the Reader , ' speaks of God ' having chastised him somewhat sharply . ' Such are all the notices , few and fragmentary as they are , which I have been able to glean from numerous quarters ...
... providence ; ' and in his address ' To the Reader , ' speaks of God ' having chastised him somewhat sharply . ' Such are all the notices , few and fragmentary as they are , which I have been able to glean from numerous quarters ...
Page xlii
... Providence which was awake from everlasting ' ( p . 50 ) . And again , ' As we ascend to the first and Supreme Being by the steps of second causes , so we may climb up to a sight of this eternal law , by the fruitful branches of ...
... Providence which was awake from everlasting ' ( p . 50 ) . And again , ' As we ascend to the first and Supreme Being by the steps of second causes , so we may climb up to a sight of this eternal law , by the fruitful branches of ...
Page xlix
... Providence uses to open His cabinets only for His jewels . God manifests these mysteri- ous secrets only to a few friends - His Spirit whispers to a few , shines upon a few , so that if any tell us that evan- gelical mysteries imply a ...
... Providence uses to open His cabinets only for His jewels . God manifests these mysteri- ous secrets only to a few friends - His Spirit whispers to a few , shines upon a few , so that if any tell us that evan- gelical mysteries imply a ...
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... providence , deserve all thankful acknowledgment and grateful comme- moration ; which I doubt not but himself would have made in most ample manner , had it pleased God to have granted him longer life and farther opportunity . But since ...
... providence , deserve all thankful acknowledgment and grateful comme- moration ; which I doubt not but himself would have made in most ample manner , had it pleased God to have granted him longer life and farther opportunity . But since ...
Page 37
... providence of God ; and this , in the schoolmen's rough and unpolished Latin , is styled natura naturans ; thus nature is taken for that constant and catholic Providence , that spreads its wings over all created beings , and shrouds ...
... providence of God ; and this , in the schoolmen's rough and unpolished Latin , is styled natura naturans ; thus nature is taken for that constant and catholic Providence , that spreads its wings over all created beings , and shrouds ...
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