A Series of Discourses on the Christian Revelation, Viewed in Connection with the Modern AstronomyJohn Smith and Son, 1817 - 275 sidor |
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... called the infidelity of natural science ; if possible to bring over to the humility of the Gospel , those who expatiate with delight on the wonders and the sublimities of crea- tion ; and to convince them that a loftier wisdom still ...
... called the infidelity of natural science ; if possible to bring over to the humility of the Gospel , those who expatiate with delight on the wonders and the sublimities of crea- tion ; and to convince them that a loftier wisdom still ...
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... called to the exercise , and astronomy may now be looked upon as the most certain and best established of the sci- ences . We all know that every visible object ap- pears less in magnitude as it recedes from the eye . The lofty vessel ...
... called to the exercise , and astronomy may now be looked upon as the most certain and best established of the sci- ences . We all know that every visible object ap- pears less in magnitude as it recedes from the eye . The lofty vessel ...
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... called the light day , and the darkness he has called night . He has said , let there be lights in the firmament of their heaven , to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs , and for seasons , and for days , and for ...
... called the light day , and the darkness he has called night . He has said , let there be lights in the firmament of their heaven , to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs , and for seasons , and for days , and for ...
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... called into being merely for the amusement of a few astronomers ? Shall we measure the counsels of heaven by the narrow impotence of the human faculties ? or conceive , that silence and solitude reign throughout the mighty empire of ...
... called into being merely for the amusement of a few astronomers ? Shall we measure the counsels of heaven by the narrow impotence of the human faculties ? or conceive , that silence and solitude reign throughout the mighty empire of ...
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... called into existence for no other pur- pose than to throw a tide of useless splen- dour over the solitudes of immensity ? Our sun is only one of these luminaries , and we know that he has worlds in his train . Why should we strip the ...
... called into existence for no other pur- pose than to throw a tide of useless splen- dour over the solitudes of immensity ? Our sun is only one of these luminaries , and we know that he has worlds in his train . Why should we strip the ...
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Sida 263 - 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...
Sida 269 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not ; for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon...
Sida 267 - Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].
Sida 266 - I send thee, to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Sida 266 - 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.
Sida 252 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Sida 255 - Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens and stretched them out ; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein...
Sida 254 - 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.
Sida 267 - Be sober, be vigilant ; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour : whom resist, steadfast in the faith ; knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
Sida 150 - And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the beasts and the elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.