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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... exercise , to extract a sentiment of piety from the works and the appearances of nature . It has the authority of the Sacred Writers upon its side , and even our Saviour himself gives it the weight and the solemnity of his exam- ple ...
... exercise , to extract a sentiment of piety from the works and the appearances of nature . It has the authority of the Sacred Writers upon its side , and even our Saviour himself gives it the weight and the solemnity of his exam- ple ...
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... 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 as it retires ...
... 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 as it retires ...
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... exercise of power which I can nei- ther describe nor comprehend , the same God who sits in the highest heaven , and reigns over the glories of the firmament , is at my right hand , to give me every breath which I draw , and every ...
... exercise of power which I can nei- ther describe nor comprehend , the same God who sits in the highest heaven , and reigns over the glories of the firmament , is at my right hand , to give me every breath which I draw , and every ...
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... exercise the patience , and to accomplish the purposes of a wise and a salutary discipline upon all his chil- dren . " I have brought forward this observation , that it may prepare the way for a second . There are perhaps no two sets of ...
... exercise the patience , and to accomplish the purposes of a wise and a salutary discipline upon all his chil- dren . " I have brought forward this observation , that it may prepare the way for a second . There are perhaps no two sets of ...
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... exercises - nor have they gone along with him , as he gave his silent hours to the labours of the midnight oil , and plied that unwearied task , to which the charm of lofty contemplation had allured him - nor have 61.
... exercises - nor have they gone along with him , as he gave his silent hours to the labours of the midnight oil , and plied that unwearied task , to which the charm of lofty contemplation had allured him - nor have 61.
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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.