A Series of Discourses on the Christian Revelation, Viewed in Connection with the Modern AstronomyJ. Smith, 1817 - 276 pages |
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... attribute of his theology which I had in my eye when I presumed to eulogize it . I do not think , that , amid the distraction and the engrossment of his other pursuits , he has at all times succeeded in his interpretation of the book ...
... attribute of his theology which I had in my eye when I presumed to eulogize it . I do not think , that , amid the distraction and the engrossment of his other pursuits , he has at all times succeeded in his interpretation of the book ...
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... attributes on the salvation even of our solitary species . At this point of the argument I trust that : the intelligent reader may be enabled to per- ceive in the adversaries of the Gospel , a two- fold dereliction from the maxims of ...
... attributes on the salvation even of our solitary species . At this point of the argument I trust that : the intelligent reader may be enabled to per- ceive in the adversaries of the Gospel , a two- fold dereliction from the maxims of ...
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... attributes of wisdom and majesty . But what can these lights be ? The curiosity of the human mind is insatiable , and the me chanism of these wonderful heavens , has , in all ages , been its subject and its employment . It has been ...
... attributes of wisdom and majesty . But what can these lights be ? The curiosity of the human mind is insatiable , and the me chanism of these wonderful heavens , has , in all ages , been its subject and its employment . It has been ...
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... attributes is expended on one insignificant corner of these mighty works ; and that to this earth alone , belongs the bloom of vegetation , or the blessed- ness of life , or the dignity of rational and im- mortal existence ? But this is ...
... attributes is expended on one insignificant corner of these mighty works ; and that to this earth alone , belongs the bloom of vegetation , or the blessed- ness of life , or the dignity of rational and im- mortal existence ? But this is ...
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... the grandeur of his high attributes - where he peoples im- mensity with his wonders ; and travels in the greatness of his strength through the dominions of one vast and unlimited monarchy . The contemplation has no limits . If we ask the ...
... the grandeur of his high attributes - where he peoples im- mensity with his wonders ; and travels in the greatness of his strength through the dominions of one vast and unlimited monarchy . The contemplation has no limits . If we ask the ...
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Page 267 - The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb...
Page 270 - Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it, 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
Page 264 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Page 266 - But ye are come unto Mount Zion ; and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem ; and to an innumerable company of angels ; to the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heaven ; and to God, the Judge of all; and to the spirits of just men made perfect...
Page 267 - And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer...
Page 262 - Every day will I bless Thee ; And I will praise Thy name for ever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised ; And His greatness is unsearchable.
Page 270 - ... feet. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power ? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart ? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
Page 273 - And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Page 258 - Thou, even thou, art LORD alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Page 263 - But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded?