On the Power Wisdom and Goodness of God as Manifested in the Creation of Animals and in Their History Habits and Instincts, Volume 1W. Pickering, 1835 |
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Page xxxiii
... given up the reins ; whom he has appointed his vice- roy in the government of the universe . Na- ture is the second power who sits on this viceregal throne , governing the physical uni- verse , whom we should expect to be superior in ...
... given up the reins ; whom he has appointed his vice- roy in the government of the universe . Na- ture is the second power who sits on this viceregal throne , governing the physical uni- verse , whom we should expect to be superior in ...
Page xxxiv
... given existence to vegetables , to animals , as well as to other bodies that are there to be met with.2 From these statements , though he appears to admit the existence of a Deity , and that he is the primary author of all things , yet ...
... given existence to vegetables , to animals , as well as to other bodies that are there to be met with.2 From these statements , though he appears to admit the existence of a Deity , and that he is the primary author of all things , yet ...
Page xxxv
... given being . But what is this mighty and next to omni- potent power , This great - grandmother of all creatures bred , Great Nature ever young , but full of eld ; Still moving , yet immoved from her sted ; Unseen of any , yet of all ...
... given being . But what is this mighty and next to omni- potent power , This great - grandmother of all creatures bred , Great Nature ever young , but full of eld ; Still moving , yet immoved from her sted ; Unseen of any , yet of all ...
Page xlvi
... given to Religion as a most faithful handmaid ; since Religion declares the will of God , and Philosophy manifests his power , and he applies to this our Saviour's reproof of the Jews . Ye do err not knowing the Scriptures nor the power ...
... given to Religion as a most faithful handmaid ; since Religion declares the will of God , and Philosophy manifests his power , and he applies to this our Saviour's reproof of the Jews . Ye do err not knowing the Scriptures nor the power ...
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... of man ; but the former after a pattern which was shown to Moses in the mount ; and the latter after 2 1 Nov. Org . aphorism . 120 . Exod . xxv . 40 , xxvi . 30 . 1 another given by David to Solomon , which it is INTRODUCTION . lv.
... of man ; but the former after a pattern which was shown to Moses in the mount ; and the latter after 2 1 Nov. Org . aphorism . 120 . Exod . xxv . 40 , xxvi . 30 . 1 another given by David to Solomon , which it is INTRODUCTION . lv.
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Page 142 - All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
Page ci - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 72 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 72 - And behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven : and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons
Page lxxvii - And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; and the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
Page cviii - For God made not death: neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living. For he created all things, that they might have their being: and the generations of the world were healthful; and there is no poison of destruction in them, nor the kingdom of death upon the earth: (For righteousness is immortal:) But ungodly men with their works and words called it to them...
Page lxxxv - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Page 43 - And as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.
Page lix - For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us...
Page cviii - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat :