A Series of Discourses on the Christian Revelation, Viewed in Connection with the Modern AstronomyJ. Smith, 1817 - 276 Seiten |
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... known it to be the cause of serious perplexity and alarm in minds anxious for the solid establishment of their religious faith . There is an imposing splendour in the science of astronomy ; and it is not to be wondered at , if the light ...
... known it to be the cause of serious perplexity and alarm in minds anxious for the solid establishment of their religious faith . There is an imposing splendour in the science of astronomy ; and it is not to be wondered at , if the light ...
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... known region where they are utterly abandon- ed by the light of experience ; and that , in the second instance , the inference they urge from it , is in the face of manifold and undeniable truths , all lying within the safe and ...
... known region where they are utterly abandon- ed by the light of experience ; and that , in the second instance , the inference they urge from it , is in the face of manifold and undeniable truths , all lying within the safe and ...
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... known substances to accomplish this -may explode it into fragments . The exhala- tion of noxious air from below , may impart a virulence to the air that is around us ; it may affect the delicate proportion of its ingredi- ents ; and the ...
... known substances to accomplish this -may explode it into fragments . The exhala- tion of noxious air from below , may impart a virulence to the air that is around us ; it may affect the delicate proportion of its ingredi- ents ; and the ...
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... known in the present system of things provides us with any security . They might not annihilate the earth , but they would un- people it ; and we who tread its surface with such firm and assured footsteps , are at the mercy of devouring ...
... known in the present system of things provides us with any security . They might not annihilate the earth , but they would un- people it ; and we who tread its surface with such firm and assured footsteps , are at the mercy of devouring ...
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... known to him as if I were the single object of his attention ; that he marks all my thoughts ; that he gives birth to every feeling and every movement within me ; and that , with an exercise of power which I can neither describe nor ...
... known to him as if I were the single object of his attention ; that he marks all my thoughts ; that he gives birth to every feeling and every movement within me ; and that , with an exercise of power which I can neither describe nor ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
amongst angels argument ascendency assertion astronomical objection astronomy attri behold Bible boards bosom carry ceive character charm Christ Christianity conceive contemplation creation darkness Deity devil DISCOURSE distant Divinity doctrine dominions earth Edinburgh elevated eternity evidence expatiate faculties faith fancy feel field fixed stars gather give Glasgow glory Godhead Gospel hath heart heaven Holy human humble immensity impression Infidel influence inhabitants insignificant Jesus JOHN HATCHARD light limits lofty look Lord magnificence magnitude majesty ment mighty mind moral movement myste mysterious nature never Newton objection observation philosophy planetary planetary system planets Price principle racter redemption regions religion revelation Satan scene sensibilities Sermon single solitary species spirit splendour spread sublime taste tell tenderness things Thomas Hopkirk thou thou art mindful thought throne tion truth universe unsearchable unto visible whole WILLIAM WHYTE wisdom wonderful wondrous word
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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?
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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?