The Testimony of Natural Theology to ChristianityM. Thomas, 1818 - 271 pages |
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... period of two thousand years ; inferred that the eruption by which the lowest of those lavas was ejected must have raged eight thousand years before the epoch assigned by Moses for the creation : so these ge- ologists affirm that the ...
... period of two thousand years ; inferred that the eruption by which the lowest of those lavas was ejected must have raged eight thousand years before the epoch assigned by Moses for the creation : so these ge- ologists affirm that the ...
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... period of commotion , would be more strange than to imagine a tract of land , a mile in length and half a mile in breadth to be removed with its trees and buildings , by an earthquake , to the distance of a mile , and there to be ...
... period of commotion , would be more strange than to imagine a tract of land , a mile in length and half a mile in breadth to be removed with its trees and buildings , by an earthquake , to the distance of a mile , and there to be ...
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... earth which infidelity assigns , sixteen centuries and a half elapsed between the creation and the deluge . Surely it is not too much to say , when the proverbially rapid multiplication of fish- es is borne in mind * , that the period D2 ...
... earth which infidelity assigns , sixteen centuries and a half elapsed between the creation and the deluge . Surely it is not too much to say , when the proverbially rapid multiplication of fish- es is borne in mind * , that the period D2 ...
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Thomas Gisborne. es is borne in mind * , that the period of sixteen centuries was sufficient for the production of masses so enormous of shells and organic re- As shell - fish inhabit the bottom of the sea , and are not migratory , it is ...
Thomas Gisborne. es is borne in mind * , that the period of sixteen centuries was sufficient for the production of masses so enormous of shells and organic re- As shell - fish inhabit the bottom of the sea , and are not migratory , it is ...
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... period of time than is consistent with the Mosaic records would be requisite for the induration of rocks and stony strata from that state of softness , in which it is plain , from the unfractured condition of many tender shells imbedded ...
... period of time than is consistent with the Mosaic records would be requisite for the induration of rocks and stony strata from that state of softness , in which it is plain , from the unfractured condition of many tender shells imbedded ...
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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...