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... first book , A New Theory of the Earth , From its Original to the Consummation of all Things ( 1696 ) . Whiston showed this work to Richard Bentley and Christopher Wren but it was " chiefly laid before Sir Isaac Newton himself , on ...
... first book , A New Theory of the Earth , From its Original to the Consummation of all Things ( 1696 ) . Whiston showed this work to Richard Bentley and Christopher Wren but it was " chiefly laid before Sir Isaac Newton himself , on ...
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... is an Affront to Provi- dence of the same kind . 9 ) Whiston , then , was the first Newto- nian to give public lectures in which 9 ) Marjorie Nicolson and G. S. Rousseau , he popularized the Newtonian " frame of nature " . 13.
... is an Affront to Provi- dence of the same kind . 9 ) Whiston , then , was the first Newto- nian to give public lectures in which 9 ) Marjorie Nicolson and G. S. Rousseau , he popularized the Newtonian " frame of nature " . 13.
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... first half of the eighteenth century , his Astronomical Principles of Religion , Natural and Reveal'd . Throughout the rest of his long life Whiston managed to make ends meet by his writing and through bequests and gifts from such ...
... first half of the eighteenth century , his Astronomical Principles of Religion , Natural and Reveal'd . Throughout the rest of his long life Whiston managed to make ends meet by his writing and through bequests and gifts from such ...
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... first words on the subject date from a series of four letters to Richard Bentley in 1692 while Bentley was preparing to deliver the inaugural sermons in the newly created Boyle Lec- ture series . Newton writes to Bentley a lengthy ...
... first words on the subject date from a series of four letters to Richard Bentley in 1692 while Bentley was preparing to deliver the inaugural sermons in the newly created Boyle Lec- ture series . Newton writes to Bentley a lengthy ...
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... , Esq ; ( From the Year 1691 to 1732 ) , ed . by Samp- son Letsome and John Nicholl ( Lon- don , 1739 ) , 1 : 52-87 . N. B. the title of this collection of lectures . 13 ) gument . These three sermons show the first 20.
... , Esq ; ( From the Year 1691 to 1732 ) , ed . by Samp- son Letsome and John Nicholl ( Lon- don , 1739 ) , 1 : 52-87 . N. B. the title of this collection of lectures . 13 ) gument . These three sermons show the first 20.
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Page 158 - He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Page 159 - And unto man he said, Behold, The fear of the LORD, that is wisdom ; And to depart from evil is understanding.
Page 300 - For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
Page xxxi - Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ! for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Page 164 - 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 ? Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
Page 159 - Lo, these are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him?
Page viii - Behold, I have done according to thy words : lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart, so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
Page xxxii - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.