Lectures in Defence of Divine Revelation: Delivered at the Universalist Chapel, in Providence, R. I.S. W. Wheeler, 1830 - 216 sidor |
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... light by the science of ge- olgy , that there must have been a time when the globe which we inhabit did not exist as a solid body , but was in a confused , soluble and chaotic state . That the particles which constitute the internal ...
... light by the science of ge- olgy , that there must have been a time when the globe which we inhabit did not exist as a solid body , but was in a confused , soluble and chaotic state . That the particles which constitute the internal ...
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... light of revelation : This will afford us a fair opportunity of judging whether a revelation was , or was not necessary to enlarge the sphere of his usefulness , and to advance the knowledge , refinement and happiness of human society ...
... light of revelation : This will afford us a fair opportunity of judging whether a revelation was , or was not necessary to enlarge the sphere of his usefulness , and to advance the knowledge , refinement and happiness of human society ...
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... light of revelation . The faithful records of history present us with a gloomy picture of the moral condition of man , when left solely to the guidance of nature and reason . Although surround- ed with the beauty and luxuriance of ...
... light of revelation . The faithful records of history present us with a gloomy picture of the moral condition of man , when left solely to the guidance of nature and reason . Although surround- ed with the beauty and luxuriance of ...
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... light of revelation dispelled the gloom of their ignorance . But we must pursue their history . In the character of their civil institutions , there was lit- tle more to admire than in their religious . Vice was al- most universally ...
... light of revelation dispelled the gloom of their ignorance . But we must pursue their history . In the character of their civil institutions , there was lit- tle more to admire than in their religious . Vice was al- most universally ...
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... light of revelation to instruct , improve , and civilize the society of man ? If we were to survey other countries , in later ages , and even down to our own times , we should find little less to excite our pity and astonishment . A ...
... light of revelation to instruct , improve , and civilize the society of man ? If we were to survey other countries , in later ages , and even down to our own times , we should find little less to excite our pity and astonishment . A ...
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Lectures in Defence of Divine Revelation: Delivered at the Universalist ... David Pickering Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1831 |
Lectures in Defence of Divine Revelation: Delivered at the Universalist ... David Pickering Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1830 |
Lectures in Defence of Divine Revelation: Delivered at the Universalist ... David Pickering Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1831 |
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Sida 89 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands...
Sida 122 - For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it...
Sida 41 - And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul...
Sida 99 - And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.
Sida 18 - Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Sida 136 - For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Sida 140 - Now there was about this time, Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man ; for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure.
Sida 205 - Is it possible that a book, at once so simple and sublime, should be merely the work of man ? Is it possible that the sacred personage, whose history it contains, should be himself a mere man...
Sida 206 - Socrates peaceably philosophizing with his friends, appears the most agreeable that could be wished for ; that of Jesus, expiring in the midst of agonizing pains, abused, insulted and accused by a whole nation, is the most horrible that could be feared. Socrates in receiving the cup of poison, blessed...
Sida 159 - FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word...