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... produce it . and still more both of them , being too much to be attributed to accident , nothing remains but the first supposition , viz . - That God , when he created the human species , wished their happi- ness , and made for them the ...
... produce it . and still more both of them , being too much to be attributed to accident , nothing remains but the first supposition , viz . - That God , when he created the human species , wished their happi- ness , and made for them the ...
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... purpose , subserviency to a use , they resemble what intelligence and design are constantly producing , and what no- thing except intelligence and design ever pro- duce at all . Take not up with mere names DEITY . 27.
... purpose , subserviency to a use , they resemble what intelligence and design are constantly producing , and what no- thing except intelligence and design ever pro- duce at all . Take not up with mere names DEITY . 27.
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... producing similar appearances ; yet , rejecting this cause , the sufficiency of which we know and the action of which is constantly before our eyes , we are invited to resort to suppositions destitute of a single fact for their support ...
... producing similar appearances ; yet , rejecting this cause , the sufficiency of which we know and the action of which is constantly before our eyes , we are invited to resort to suppositions destitute of a single fact for their support ...
Page 37
... produced from its proper seed hath the same texture of fibres , is nourished by the same kind of juices out of the earth , digested and prepared by the same kind of vessels , & c . As to animals there are laws com- mon to them with ...
... produced from its proper seed hath the same texture of fibres , is nourished by the same kind of juices out of the earth , digested and prepared by the same kind of vessels , & c . As to animals there are laws com- mon to them with ...
Page 39
... produced in matter . Nor can God put things so far out of his own power , as that he should not for ever govern transactions and events in his own world ; nor can perfect knowledge and power ever want proper means to achieve what is fit ...
... produced in matter . Nor can God put things so far out of his own power , as that he should not for ever govern transactions and events in his own world ; nor can perfect knowledge and power ever want proper means to achieve what is fit ...
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Page 143 - a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye When none but God is near. Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try ; Prayer, the sublimest strains that reacli The majesty on high. Prayer is the
Page 143 - the eye of sinful men thy glory may not see, Only thou art holy ; there is none beside thee Perfect in power, in love, and purity. Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! All thy works shall praise thy name In earth, and sky, and sea.
Page 143 - Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, Utter'd or unexpressed; The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast. Prayer is the burthen of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye When none but God is near. Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try ; Prayer, the sublimest strains that
Page 83 - Of law, no less can be acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world. All things in heaven and on earth do her homage, the least as feeling her
Page 156 - thou seek him, he will be found of thee, but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off forever. The Lord God of heaven ! the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him, and observe his commandments.
Page 144 - O Thou, whose power o'er moving worlds presides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine; 'Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast With silent confidence and holy rest: From thee, great God! we spring, to thee we tend; Path, motive, guide,
Page 50 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink with years; But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 167 - the victory—and the majesty, for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine. Thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and Thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 27 - acknowledge the workmaster, but deemed either fire, or wind, or the swift air, or the circle of the stars, or the violent water, or the lights of heaven, to be the Gods which govern the world; with whose beauty if they, being delighted, took them to be Gods, let them know how much better
Page 156 - Know thou, the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind; for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the