The Evidences of the Christian ReligionJ. Tonson, 1733 - 330 pages |
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Page 78
... idea of the great Sovereign of nature . Though every one who thinks muft have made this observation , I fhall pro- duce Mr. Locke's authority to the fame purpose , out of his effay on human un- derstanding . If we examine the idea • we ...
... idea of the great Sovereign of nature . Though every one who thinks muft have made this observation , I fhall pro- duce Mr. Locke's authority to the fame purpose , out of his effay on human un- derstanding . If we examine the idea • we ...
Page 79
... idea the moft fuitable we can to the fupreme Being , we enlarge every one of thefe with our idea of infinity ; and fo put- ting them together , make our complex idea of God . It is not impoffible that there may be many kinds of ...
... idea the moft fuitable we can to the fupreme Being , we enlarge every one of thefe with our idea of infinity ; and fo put- ting them together , make our complex idea of God . It is not impoffible that there may be many kinds of ...
Page 85
... idea , and fuppofed another hea- ven of funs and worlds rifing ftill abové this which we difcovered , and these still enlightned by a fuperior firmament of luminaries , which are planted at so great a distance , that they may appear to ...
... idea , and fuppofed another hea- ven of funs and worlds rifing ftill abové this which we difcovered , and these still enlightned by a fuperior firmament of luminaries , which are planted at so great a distance , that they may appear to ...
Page 109
... idea affixed to them than what is conveyed to us by those words , an eternity that is past , and an eternity that is to come . Each of thefe eternities is bounded at the one ex- treme ; or , in other words , the former has an end , and ...
... idea affixed to them than what is conveyed to us by those words , an eternity that is past , and an eternity that is to come . Each of thefe eternities is bounded at the one ex- treme ; or , in other words , the former has an end , and ...
Page 110
... idea of being once prefent , is actually included in the idea of its be ing paft . This therefore is a depth not to be founded by human understanding . We are fure that there has been an eter- nity , and yet contradict our felves when ...
... idea of being once prefent , is actually included in the idea of its be ing paft . This therefore is a depth not to be founded by human understanding . We are fure that there has been an eter- nity , and yet contradict our felves when ...
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Page 103 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Page 87 - His substance is within the substance of every being, whether material or immaterial, and as intimately present to it as that being is to itself. It would be an imperfection in him...
Page 79 - When you glorify the Lord, exalt him as much as you can ; for even yet will he far exceed. And when you exalt him, put forth all your strength, and be not weary; for you can never go far enough.
Page 82 - WAS yesterday, about sun-set, walking in the open fields, till the night insensibly fell upon me. I at first amused myself with all the richness and variety of colours which appeared in the western parts of heaven ; in proportion as they faded away and went out, several stars and planets appeared one after another, till the whole firmament was in a glow.
Page 291 - ... as it generally happens, that virtue would make us more happy even in this life than a contrary...
Page 195 - After it a voice roareth: He thundereth with the voice of his excellency; And he will not stay them when his voice is heard. God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
Page 89 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 296 - ... from all relation to eternity, is the most wonderful and unaccountable composition in the whole creation. He hath capacities to lodge a much greater variety of knowledge than he will be ever master of, and an unsatisfied curiosity to tread the secret paths of nature and providence ; but with this, his organs...
Page 238 - Their sound is gone out into all lands : and their words into the ends of the world. 5 In them hath he set a tabernacle for...
Page 91 - Secondly, How deplorable is the condition of an intellectual being, who feels no other effects from this his presence but such as proceed from divine wrath and indignation...