Reflections Physical and Moral, Upon the Various and Numerous Uncommon Phenomena in the Air, Water, Or Earth, which Have Happened from the Earthquake at Lima, to the Present Time: In a Series of Familiar Letters from a Member of Parliament in Town to His Friend in the CountryA. Millar, 1756 - 60 pages |
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... Creatures of the Imagina- tion , Hypothefes and Syftems . But no Excufe in this Cafe can be admitted for the Divine . Train'd up to defend as well as to inftruct others in a Religion , which is a Stem arifing from a Jewish Root , how ...
... Creatures of the Imagina- tion , Hypothefes and Syftems . But no Excufe in this Cafe can be admitted for the Divine . Train'd up to defend as well as to inftruct others in a Religion , which is a Stem arifing from a Jewish Root , how ...
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... Creatures . To answer this great End , Mofes was commiffion'd to write his History , which is defigned to fet Mankind right in this Particular . The chief Objects of their Worship were the Sun , Moon , and all the Hoft of Heaven , to ...
... Creatures . To answer this great End , Mofes was commiffion'd to write his History , which is defigned to fet Mankind right in this Particular . The chief Objects of their Worship were the Sun , Moon , and all the Hoft of Heaven , to ...
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... Creatures of every Genus and Species whom he had de- termin'd to form and beftow the Gift of Light upon ; that is , that God created or produced in- to Being out of Nothing by an immediate Act of his Will , which always includes his ...
... Creatures of every Genus and Species whom he had de- termin'd to form and beftow the Gift of Light upon ; that is , that God created or produced in- to Being out of Nothing by an immediate Act of his Will , which always includes his ...
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... creatures . Thefe firft mighty Butchers of Mankind , were call'd Men of Name or Renown ; that is , Heroes , an Appel- lation afterwards frequently given to those pow- erful Murderers and Robbers of Mankind , whofe Names are recorded in ...
... creatures . Thefe firft mighty Butchers of Mankind , were call'd Men of Name or Renown ; that is , Heroes , an Appel- lation afterwards frequently given to those pow- erful Murderers and Robbers of Mankind , whofe Names are recorded in ...
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... Creatures , and Murder or fhedding the Blood of an innocent Fellow - creature , are Crimes of the blackest Dye in the Sight of God , and by Him commanded to be punished , even by Man , with- out Mercy . That these were the prevailing ...
... Creatures , and Murder or fhedding the Blood of an innocent Fellow - creature , are Crimes of the blackest Dye in the Sight of God , and by Him commanded to be punished , even by Man , with- out Mercy . That these were the prevailing ...
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abfolute Adamah Æther affign'd againſt almoſt alſo Animals arifing Atoms or Particles becauſe beſt Blood call'd Cauſe commanded Commotions compleated confequently confifted conftantly Creatures Crime Darkneſs Deep deſcribed Divine dreadful Earth Earthquake employ'd facred Writings fame feems felves fhall fhould Fiffures fill'd final Doom fince Fire firft firſt Fluid fmall fome fometimes Food form'd Formation ftill ftrongly fuch Hebrew Hebrew Language Hiſtory Idolatry immenfe inferior Agents Inftance juft juſt Kind laft laſt leaſt Light Lisbon Mankind Maſs Meaſure Mofaic Mofes moft Moral Caufe moſt muft muſt Nations Nature niſhing Number obferv'd obferve Occafion Paffages Paffion Perfons Philofophy phyfical plainly poffibly Power Precept prefent produc'd proper Puniſhment Purpoſe quake quently Reafon receiv'd REFLECTIONS PHYSICAL refpective reft Religion Reſearches Ruabb Ruabh Ruahh ſeems Senfe ſhall Sodom Spirit Strata Tebom terrible thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion Univerſe us'd Uſe vaft Vapours various Waters whilft whofe whole Worship
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Page 38 - And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood ; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Page 38 - For the life or soul of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given.it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls : for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Page 50 - Take ye therefore good heed unto yourfelves, (for ye faw no manner of fimilitude on the day that the Lord fpake unto you in Horeb out of the midft of the fire,} Left ye corrupt yourfelves, and make you a graven image, the fimilitude of any figure, the likenefs of male or female...
Page 47 - Tortures, which the Wit or Malice of their diabolical Tormentors could invent, are they not...
Page 26 - God fays, 1, even I do bring a Flood cf Waters upon the Earth to deftroy all FUJh.
Page 47 - And were not thofe infernal Sacrifices always attended with the whole Parade of Ceremonies generally us'd in the...