The Christian Philosopher, Or, The Connection of Science and Philosophy with Religion, Illustrated with EngravingsG. & C. Carvill, 1826 - 397 pages |
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... perceive , in its full force , the evidence of those proofs on which the Divine authority of Revelation is founded : we could not give a rational interpreta- tion of the spirit and meaning of many parts of the Sacred Oracles ; nor could ...
... perceive , in its full force , the evidence of those proofs on which the Divine authority of Revelation is founded : we could not give a rational interpreta- tion of the spirit and meaning of many parts of the Sacred Oracles ; nor could ...
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... a leisurely survey of its different parts . Were we to take ov Station on the top of a mountain , of a moderate size , nd survey the surrounding landscape , we should perceive an extent 36 THE CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER .
... a leisurely survey of its different parts . Were we to take ov Station on the top of a mountain , of a moderate size , nd survey the surrounding landscape , we should perceive an extent 36 THE CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER .
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Thomas Dick. survey the surrounding landscape , we should perceive an extent of view stretching 40 miles in every direction , form- ing a circle 80 miles in diameter , and 250 in circum- ference , and comprehending an area of 5,000 ...
Thomas Dick. survey the surrounding landscape , we should perceive an extent of view stretching 40 miles in every direction , form- ing a circle 80 miles in diameter , and 250 in circum- ference , and comprehending an area of 5,000 ...
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... perceive the same grand scale of operation by which the Almighty has arranged the provinces of his universal kingdom . We would now ask , in the name of all that is sacred , whether such magnificent manifestations of Deity ought to be ...
... perceive the same grand scale of operation by which the Almighty has arranged the provinces of his universal kingdom . We would now ask , in the name of all that is sacred , whether such magnificent manifestations of Deity ought to be ...
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... perceive , that 66 Almighty God Has done much more ; nor is his arm impaired Through length of days .-- And what he can , he will ; His faithfulness stands bound to see it done . " We perceive that he has created systems in such vast ...
... perceive , that 66 Almighty God Has done much more ; nor is his arm impaired Through length of days .-- And what he can , he will ; His faithfulness stands bound to see it done . " We perceive that he has created systems in such vast ...
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Page 58 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page 311 - And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of My people, and Mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their ha'nds.
Page 95 - O Lord, how manifold are, thy works ! In wisdom hast thou made them all : The earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts.
Page 63 - Let all the earth fear the Lord : let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
Page 280 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Page 344 - 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 172 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Page 310 - When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place? For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
Page 114 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand : When I awake, I am still with thee.
Page 344 - I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.