Divine Providence, Or, The Three Cycles of Revelation: Showing the Parallelism of the Patriarchal, Jewish, and Christian Dispensations : Being a New Evidence of the Divine Origin of ChristianityJames Duncan, 1834 - 627 pages |
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... hundred other modifications of motion , be adopted as lead- ing principles , by Him whose powers are inex- haustible ; and each of those principles be followed out into applications of the most boundless variety , the most profound ...
... hundred other modifications of motion , be adopted as lead- ing principles , by Him whose powers are inex- haustible ; and each of those principles be followed out into applications of the most boundless variety , the most profound ...
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... functions of life . The whale , that , with its fins finished , must wait a hundred or a thousand years for the finish- ing of its lungs by the " course of nature ; " must wait for ever . or move . The infant , 34 CREATION .
... functions of life . The whale , that , with its fins finished , must wait a hundred or a thousand years for the finish- ing of its lungs by the " course of nature ; " must wait for ever . or move . The infant , 34 CREATION .
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... hundred fathoms that we have pierced in looking for minerals , is placed out of the reach of man ; until some new means shall be discovered of counteract- ing the inflammable vapours , and the waters , which form its barrier . But the ...
... hundred fathoms that we have pierced in looking for minerals , is placed out of the reach of man ; until some new means shall be discovered of counteract- ing the inflammable vapours , and the waters , which form its barrier . But the ...
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... hundred , or at still greater heights , from the perpetual existence of light in the zenith : for the deepest midnight is not totally dark except when the sky is covered with clouds . But what limit can be placed to so ex- pansible a ...
... hundred , or at still greater heights , from the perpetual existence of light in the zenith : for the deepest midnight is not totally dark except when the sky is covered with clouds . But what limit can be placed to so ex- pansible a ...
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... the lilies of the field , les- sons of the wisdom and goodwill of that mighty fusion , from the oceanic algæ , fifteen hundred feet long , to the most minute and fragile mosses . Being , who makes all nature music to the ear 56 CREATION .
... the lilies of the field , les- sons of the wisdom and goodwill of that mighty fusion , from the oceanic algæ , fifteen hundred feet long , to the most minute and fragile mosses . Being , who makes all nature music to the ear 56 CREATION .
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Page 25 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years : 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth : and it was so.
Page 186 - And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.
Page xi - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held : and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth...
Page 515 - And the seventh angel sounded ; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever...
Page 262 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 550 - But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
Page 164 - For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Page 132 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 400 - And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them ; there remained not so much as one of them.