A Series of Discourses on the Christian Revelation, Viewed in Connection with the Modern AstronomyJ. Smith, 1817 - 276 pages |
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... hand , and the soundness and piety of the Bible on the other . It were well , I con- ceive , for our cause , that the latter could be- come a little more indulgent on this subject ; that they gave up a portion of those ancient and ...
... hand , and the soundness and piety of the Bible on the other . It were well , I con- ceive , for our cause , that the latter could be- come a little more indulgent on this subject ; that they gave up a portion of those ancient and ...
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... hand of cultivation spreading a new aspect over some portion of a planetary surface . Perhaps some large city , the metropolis of a mighty empire , may expand into a visible spot by the powers of some future telescope . Perhaps the ...
... hand of cultivation spreading a new aspect over some portion of a planetary surface . Perhaps some large city , the metropolis of a mighty empire , may expand into a visible spot by the powers of some future telescope . Perhaps the ...
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... hand , if ever the rotatory motion be communicated by one blow , then the pro gressive motion must go along with it . In or der to have the first motion without the second , there must be a twofold force applied to the body 43.
... hand , if ever the rotatory motion be communicated by one blow , then the pro gressive motion must go along with it . In or der to have the first motion without the second , there must be a twofold force applied to the body 43.
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... hand of the Almighty , would spread solitude , and silence , and death , over the dominions of the world . Now , it is this littleness , and this insecurity , which make the protection of the Almighty so dear to us , and bring , with ...
... hand of the Almighty , would spread solitude , and silence , and death , over the dominions of the world . Now , it is this littleness , and this insecurity , which make the protection of the Almighty so dear to us , and bring , with ...
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... hand , to give me every breath which I draw , and every comfort which I enjoy . But this very reflection has been appropriated to the use of Infidelity , and the very language of the text has been made to bear an applica- 53.
... hand , to give me every breath which I draw , and every comfort which I enjoy . But this very reflection has been appropriated to the use of Infidelity , and the very language of the text has been made to bear an applica- 53.
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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?