The Mathematical and Philosophical Works of the Right Rev. John Wilkins ...: To which is Prefixed the Author's Life and an Account of His Works, Volym 1C. Whittingham, 1802 |
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... earth VI . That there is not any argument from the words of scrip- ture , principles of nature , or observations in astronomy , which can sufficiently evidence the earth to be in the centre of the universe Page 135 149 159 174 181 189 ...
... earth VI . That there is not any argument from the words of scrip- ture , principles of nature , or observations in astronomy , which can sufficiently evidence the earth to be in the centre of the universe Page 135 149 159 174 181 189 ...
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... earth under us was sunk in the water , according to the saying of the Psalmist , He hath founded the earth upon the seas§ ; and therefore he accounted it not inhabited by any . Nay , Tostatus , a man of later years and general learning ...
... earth under us was sunk in the water , according to the saying of the Psalmist , He hath founded the earth upon the seas§ ; and therefore he accounted it not inhabited by any . Nay , Tostatus , a man of later years and general learning ...
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... earth upon the waters , he notes , that when the words of scripture shall seem to contradict common sense or ex ... earth was founded upon the waters ; nay , he made it part of his faith , proving it out of Psalm xxiv . 2. He hath found ...
... earth upon the waters , he notes , that when the words of scripture shall seem to contradict common sense or ex ... earth was founded upon the waters ; nay , he made it part of his faith , proving it out of Psalm xxiv . 2. He hath found ...
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... earth's nature , be- cause of their agreement in opacity ; whereas all the other elements , save that , are in some measure perspicuous . But the greatest difference which may seem to make our earth altogether unlike the moon , is ...
... earth's nature , be- cause of their agreement in opacity ; whereas all the other elements , save that , are in some measure perspicuous . But the greatest difference which may seem to make our earth altogether unlike the moon , is ...
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... earth ; and so consequently more obscure and duskish when she is in her apoge or farthest from it ; the reason is ... earth's shadow , but rather shine more clearly ; since every light appears greater in the dark , when it is not ...
... earth ; and so consequently more obscure and duskish when she is in her apoge or farthest from it ; the reason is ... earth's shadow , but rather shine more clearly ; since every light appears greater in the dark , when it is not ...
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Sida 167 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Sida 154 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Sida 177 - They go up by the mountains; They go down by the valleys Unto the place which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.
Sida 172 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood ; and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig-tree casteth her untimely figs when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Sida 141 - I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear : But now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Sida 121 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shall thou eat all the days of thy life...
Sida 177 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb...
Sida 127 - He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, And hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds ; And the cloud is not rent under them.
Sida 168 - If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.
Sida 109 - That it is possible for some of our posterity to find out a conveyance to this other world, and if there be inhabitants there, to have commerce with them.