Institutes of Natural and Revealed Religion, Volume 2Pearson and Rollason, 1782 |
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... a progress to fomething more perfect . Yet from the fubordinate parts of this great machine of the universe , which we can in fome measure VOL . I. understand , C understand , and which are compleated ; and alfo from NATURAL RELIGION . 17.
... a progress to fomething more perfect . Yet from the fubordinate parts of this great machine of the universe , which we can in fome measure VOL . I. understand , C understand , and which are compleated ; and alfo from NATURAL RELIGION . 17.
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... perfect , it would have been the most unhappy . It agrees with the fuppofition of the be- nevolence of the divine being , that there is the most ample provifion made for the hap- piness of those creatures which are naturally capable of ...
... perfect , it would have been the most unhappy . It agrees with the fuppofition of the be- nevolence of the divine being , that there is the most ample provifion made for the hap- piness of those creatures which are naturally capable of ...
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... , but not more causes than one , we cannot conclude that there are more Gods than one , unless fome other kind of proof can be brought for it . Befides , Befides , there is fuch a perfect harmony and uniformity 38 OF INSTITUTES.
... , but not more causes than one , we cannot conclude that there are more Gods than one , unless fome other kind of proof can be brought for it . Befides , Befides , there is fuch a perfect harmony and uniformity 38 OF INSTITUTES.
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Joseph Priestley. Befides , there is fuch a perfect harmony and uniformity in the works of nature , and one part fo exactly fits and corresponds to another , that there must have been a perfect uniformity of defign in the whole , which ...
Joseph Priestley. Befides , there is fuch a perfect harmony and uniformity in the works of nature , and one part fo exactly fits and corresponds to another , that there must have been a perfect uniformity of defign in the whole , which ...
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Joseph Priestley. 40 Upon the whole , we may remain perfect- ly fatisfied , that there is but one God , pof- feffed of all the perfections that have been described ; and were our minds equal to this fubject , I doubt not but that we ...
Joseph Priestley. 40 Upon the whole , we may remain perfect- ly fatisfied , that there is but one God , pof- feffed of all the perfections that have been described ; and were our minds equal to this fubject , I doubt not but that we ...
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Page 440 - And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 21 Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out ; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. 22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
Page 423 - Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Page 445 - Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
Page 427 - He was taken from prison, and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation ? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
Page 426 - For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground : he hath no form nor comeliness ; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Page 412 - Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard ; publish, and conceal not: say, "Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces ; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
Page 409 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Page 428 - He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied ; by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many : for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong ; because he hath poured out his soul unto death : and he was numbered with the transgressors ; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Page 435 - Prophets, and ftonefl them which are fent unto thee ; how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not ! Behold, your houfe is left unto you defolate. For I fay unto you, Ye fhall not fee me henceforth, till ye fhall fay, BlefTed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord.
Page 412 - And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen ; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.