The Testimony of Natural Theology to ChristianityM. Thomas, 1818 - 271 pages |
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... laws of gravitation are seldom observed , as the substance which in one moun- tain forms the upper stratum , is frequently the inferior in another † . " The whole of the Alpine region , considered as one mass , shows the most evident ...
... laws of gravitation are seldom observed , as the substance which in one moun- tain forms the upper stratum , is frequently the inferior in another † . " The whole of the Alpine region , considered as one mass , shows the most evident ...
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... laws of nature seem to give on the whole a tendency to material bodies , when they are in a moist or softened state , promptly to acquire that degree of hardness , which under the existing cir- cumstances they are capable of attaining ...
... laws of nature seem to give on the whole a tendency to material bodies , when they are in a moist or softened state , promptly to acquire that degree of hardness , which under the existing cir- cumstances they are capable of attaining ...
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... 1794 . German of Pallas . London , 1802 . Translated from the Vol . i . p . 156 . † Thoughts on the Laws relating to Salt , by S. Parkes . London , 1817. p . 125 . In many mines the quantities of salt are enor- mous 55.
... 1794 . German of Pallas . London , 1802 . Translated from the Vol . i . p . 156 . † Thoughts on the Laws relating to Salt , by S. Parkes . London , 1817. p . 125 . In many mines the quantities of salt are enor- mous 55.
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... rivers , " in the Andes , and falls into the Pacific Ocean . The salt crytallises in great purity along its banks . In a valley in the Andes , in Thoughts on the Laws relating to Salt , p . 197 . lat . 34 ° 40 ' , inhabited by the 58.
... rivers , " in the Andes , and falls into the Pacific Ocean . The salt crytallises in great purity along its banks . In a valley in the Andes , in Thoughts on the Laws relating to Salt , p . 197 . lat . 34 ° 40 ' , inhabited by the 58.
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... laws , and had brought upon themselves penal consequences of disobedience . For other suppositions , abstractedly capable of being assigned for the subversion of an inhabit- ed globe , as that the Deity purposed to employ it in a new ...
... laws , and had brought upon themselves penal consequences of disobedience . For other suppositions , abstractedly capable of being assigned for the subversion of an inhabit- ed globe , as that the Deity purposed to employ it in a new ...
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Page 238 - I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so ; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
Page 120 - If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men ; then the Lord hath not sent me. But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit ; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
Page 239 - For of a truth, against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together, for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
Page 252 - For scarcely for a righteous man will one die ; yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Page 154 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat :
Page 65 - All the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 139 - And the Lord God having formed out of the ground all the beasts of the earth, and all the fowls of the air, brought them to Adam to see what he would call them: for whatsoever Adam called any living creature the same is its name.
Page 154 - ... and God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat...