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11 : 6 ; but the faith of miracles is a specific confidence , that God will enable us ,
for his glory , to perform a specific act , independently of the common laws of
nature - an exercise of mind certainly very different from the general confidence ...
11 : 6 ; but the faith of miracles is a specific confidence , that God will enable us ,
for his glory , to perform a specific act , independently of the common laws of
nature - an exercise of mind certainly very different from the general confidence ...
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It is when we go to God as our Father , that we feel that he exists ; and the mere
philosopher , who barely proves the existence of God from the works of nature ,
has done very litile towards convincing our hearts that God is , much less that he
is ...
It is when we go to God as our Father , that we feel that he exists ; and the mere
philosopher , who barely proves the existence of God from the works of nature ,
has done very litile towards convincing our hearts that God is , much less that he
is ...
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Nor were the several branches of natural history and natural philosophy in this
point of view , of much service . For these sciences were yet in too rude a state to
he employed for purposes of discipline . Of the studies which are in use among ...
Nor were the several branches of natural history and natural philosophy in this
point of view , of much service . For these sciences were yet in too rude a state to
he employed for purposes of discipline . Of the studies which are in use among ...
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On the other hand , between deformity and vice there is , it seemed to them , a
natural connection . The had qualities of Thersites , Homer clothes with a
misshapen and ugly body . The fascinations of beauty originated ihe ' Trojan war
; the ...
On the other hand , between deformity and vice there is , it seemed to them , a
natural connection . The had qualities of Thersites , Homer clothes with a
misshapen and ugly body . The fascinations of beauty originated ihe ' Trojan war
; the ...
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presented to his father , so completely did the love of beauty triumph over natural
affection , that a personal deformity ... The ancient philosophers taught , that
goodness and beauty , if not absolutely identical , are in their nature inseparable .
presented to his father , so completely did the love of beauty triumph over natural
affection , that a personal deformity ... The ancient philosophers taught , that
goodness and beauty , if not absolutely identical , are in their nature inseparable .
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