The Works of Thomas Dick, Volumes 1-4H. F. Summer & Company, 1836 |
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... never performed , were substituted in place of the authenticated history of mankind . The learning which then prevailed , under the name of philosophy and of scholastic theology , consisted chiefly in vain disquisitions and reasonings ...
... never performed , were substituted in place of the authenticated history of mankind . The learning which then prevailed , under the name of philosophy and of scholastic theology , consisted chiefly in vain disquisitions and reasonings ...
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... never read - if another tenth are inca- pable of application , from frivolity , or dissipa- tion , or imbecility , -it results , that the small share of good sense of which our species is ca- pable , can only reside in a small fraction ...
... never read - if another tenth are inca- pable of application , from frivolity , or dissipa- tion , or imbecility , -it results , that the small share of good sense of which our species is ca- pable , can only reside in a small fraction ...
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... never been thoroughly directed to the pursuit of objects worthy of the dignity of rational and immortal natures and that the most pernicious effects have flowed from the perversion of their mental powers , are truths which the history ...
... never been thoroughly directed to the pursuit of objects worthy of the dignity of rational and immortal natures and that the most pernicious effects have flowed from the perversion of their mental powers , are truths which the history ...
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... never affect the operation of moral causes , or the qualities of the mind . Even although it were admitted that the hea- venly bodies have an influence over the desti- nies of the human race , yet we have no data whatever by which to ...
... never affect the operation of moral causes , or the qualities of the mind . Even although it were admitted that the hea- venly bodies have an influence over the desti- nies of the human race , yet we have no data whatever by which to ...
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... never heard of their ap- pearing to any one who did not previously be- lieve in their existence . But why should phi- losophers be freed from such terrific visions , if substantial knowledge had not the power of ba- nishing them from ...
... never heard of their ap- pearing to any one who did not previously be- lieve in their existence . But why should phi- losophers be freed from such terrific visions , if substantial knowledge had not the power of ba- nishing them from ...
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Page 74 - No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us.
Page 55 - So shall it be at the end of the world : the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire : there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Page 55 - For he that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption, but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Page 83 - And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
Page 34 - Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Page 164 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common ; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Page 62 - Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness remain in the fruitful field. And the work of righteousness shall be peace ; And the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Page 60 - I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live : I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
Page 118 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 75 - Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you, and persecute you : that ye may be the children of your Father who is in heaven : for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.