The Testimony of Natural Theology to ChristianityM. Thomas, 1818 - 271 pages |
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Page 75
... continually aug- mented by collateral accessions , until they are finally lost in the ocean . There new modes of beauty await the beholder ; winding shores , bold capes , rugged promontories , deeply in- dented bays , harbours ...
... continually aug- mented by collateral accessions , until they are finally lost in the ocean . There new modes of beauty await the beholder ; winding shores , bold capes , rugged promontories , deeply in- dented bays , harbours ...
Page 76
... continually varying and enhancing the at- tractions by the diversified modes and accessions of beauty with which He invests them , by the alterations of seasons , by the countless and rapid changes of light and shade , by the ...
... continually varying and enhancing the at- tractions by the diversified modes and accessions of beauty with which He invests them , by the alterations of seasons , by the countless and rapid changes of light and shade , by the ...
Page 100
... continual flames . One of the Ladrone Isl- ands , when M. De la Peyrouse sailed by it , was pouring down torrents of lava . The Philippine Islands , and also the Moluccas , abound in vol- canoes . In 1693 , half of the Island of Sorca ...
... continual flames . One of the Ladrone Isl- ands , when M. De la Peyrouse sailed by it , was pouring down torrents of lava . The Philippine Islands , and also the Moluccas , abound in vol- canoes . In 1693 , half of the Island of Sorca ...
Page 115
... continual agitations . On October 20 , 1687 , Lima was destroyed by an earthquake , and the fort of Cal- lao by an accompanying inundation of the sea . An eye - witness , writing soon after the event , states , that five thousand dead ...
... continual agitations . On October 20 , 1687 , Lima was destroyed by an earthquake , and the fort of Cal- lao by an accompanying inundation of the sea . An eye - witness , writing soon after the event , states , that five thousand dead ...
Page 129
... , through its weight or its fragibility , or its continual and ir- reclaimable tortuosity , useless for navigation . Quadrupeds might have enlivened , as now , the face of the earth , and have enjoyed undiminished happiness 129.
... , through its weight or its fragibility , or its continual and ir- reclaimable tortuosity , useless for navigation . Quadrupeds might have enlivened , as now , the face of the earth , and have enjoyed undiminished happiness 129.
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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...