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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... against the terrible Effects of this their chief Engineer , we fhould find them , if they depend upon their own Principles , as much at a Lofs as the moft illiterate of Man- kind . You will naturally ask me , of what real Service ...
... against the terrible Effects of this their chief Engineer , we fhould find them , if they depend upon their own Principles , as much at a Lofs as the moft illiterate of Man- kind . You will naturally ask me , of what real Service ...
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... against fo fatal a Poison . As Mankind in general had not only deviat- ed from the true Philofophy , as well as Religion : had not only run into grofs Idolatry , but had at- tributed the first Formation of all Things to eve- ry Cause ...
... against fo fatal a Poison . As Mankind in general had not only deviat- ed from the true Philofophy , as well as Religion : had not only run into grofs Idolatry , but had at- tributed the first Formation of all Things to eve- ry Cause ...
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... against a rapacious In- vader ; or invade a faithlefs Enemy to procure Reparation for Wrongs done to their injur'd Country . Idolatry , that is , transferring the Ado- ration due only to the Creator , and paying it to His Creatures ...
... against a rapacious In- vader ; or invade a faithlefs Enemy to procure Reparation for Wrongs done to their injur'd Country . Idolatry , that is , transferring the Ado- ration due only to the Creator , and paying it to His Creatures ...
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... against that Soul that eateth Blood , " and will cut him off from among his People . " For the Life of the Flesh is in the Blood , and " I have given it to you upon the Altar , to make " an Atonement for your Souls . " This is the aw ...
... against that Soul that eateth Blood , " and will cut him off from among his People . " For the Life of the Flesh is in the Blood , and " I have given it to you upon the Altar , to make " an Atonement for your Souls . " This is the aw ...
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... against all those who were this Way criminal , and as Fire and the Sword were the Inftruments generally us'd to deftroy the Victims in this kind of Sacrifices , fo they were generally employ'd by God in the Punishment of the Au- thors ...
... against all those who were this Way criminal , and as Fire and the Sword were the Inftruments generally us'd to deftroy the Victims in this kind of Sacrifices , fo they were generally employ'd by God in the Punishment of the Au- thors ...
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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...