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As the use that we make of our eyes in beholding various objects , when the sun arises , is not the cause of the light that discovers those objects to us . 2. It is not intended that outward means have no concern in this affair .
As the use that we make of our eyes in beholding various objects , when the sun arises , is not the cause of the light that discovers those objects to us . 2. It is not intended that outward means have no concern in this affair .
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The unseen , unthought of ways and means of persons going suddenly out of the world are innumerable and inconceivable . Unconverted men walk over the pit of Hell on a rotten covering , and there are innumerable places in this covering ...
The unseen , unthought of ways and means of persons going suddenly out of the world are innumerable and inconceivable . Unconverted men walk over the pit of Hell on a rotten covering , and there are innumerable places in this covering ...
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Human language is local and changeable , and is therefore incapable of being used as the means of unchangeable and universal information . The idea that God sent Jesus Christ to publish , as they say , the glad tidings to all nations ...
Human language is local and changeable , and is therefore incapable of being used as the means of unchangeable and universal information . The idea that God sent Jesus Christ to publish , as they say , the glad tidings to all nations ...
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The Literature of the Colonies and the Revolution | 3 |
WILLIAM BRADFORD 15901657 | 14 |
ANNE BRADSTREET 1612?1672 | 32 |
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