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... object : and the higher branches of this science are as necessary to the attainment of Natural Philosophy and Astrono- my , as its first principles are to commerce , and the business of human life . The fine Arts may be considered as ...
... object : and the higher branches of this science are as necessary to the attainment of Natural Philosophy and Astrono- my , as its first principles are to commerce , and the business of human life . The fine Arts may be considered as ...
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... object , therefore , in translating , has been to find such words and phrases as might convey neither more nor less than the exact sense of the original ( I speak here of the exact sense of the words , not of the application of the pro ...
... object , therefore , in translating , has been to find such words and phrases as might convey neither more nor less than the exact sense of the original ( I speak here of the exact sense of the words , not of the application of the pro ...
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... object of his care . " Vapid , " sour , turned . The allusion is to libations made with wine grown dead , or turning sour . The image represents the want of all spi- rit of piety in their acts of worship , and the unacceptableness of ...
... object of his care . " Vapid , " sour , turned . The allusion is to libations made with wine grown dead , or turning sour . The image represents the want of all spi- rit of piety in their acts of worship , and the unacceptableness of ...
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... object . I agree with those interpreters who take the noun No as the nominative of the neutral verb , which makes the construction natural , and the sense most apposite . It is well remarked by Drusius and Livelye , that wine , in that ...
... object . I agree with those interpreters who take the noun No as the nominative of the neutral verb , which makes the construction natural , and the sense most apposite . It is well remarked by Drusius and Livelye , that wine , in that ...
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... object , but as the stand- ard , or model , of the punishment , and the words are brought to this sense , that God will execute venge- ance upon the wicked house of Jehu , in slaughter abundant as the slaughter of Ahab's family and ...
... object , but as the stand- ard , or model , of the punishment , and the words are brought to this sense , that God will execute venge- ance upon the wicked house of Jehu , in slaughter abundant as the slaughter of Ahab's family and ...
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Page 392 - I die: * remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: * lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 597 - FROM distant climes, o'er wide-spread seas we come, Though not with much eclat, or beat of drum; True patriots all, for, be it understood, We left our country for our country's good...
Page 425 - But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour ; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
Page 538 - The Dissenting Ministers are represented as men of close ambition : They are so, my Lords ; and their ambition is to keep close to the college of fishermen, not of cardinals; and to the doctrine of inspired apostles, not to the decrees of interested and aspiring bishops. They contend for a scriptural creed, and spiritual worship ; we have a Calvinistic creed, a popish liturgy, and an Arminian clergy.
Page 96 - Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Page 545 - ... a different size from what they are, or placed after any other manner, or in any other order, than that in which they are placed, either no motion at all would have been carried on in the machine, or none which would have answered the use that is now served by it.
Page 436 - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts : for the Coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Page 434 - When he was reviled, he reviled not again. When he suffered he threatened not, but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously.
Page 545 - ... the inference, we think, is inevitable, that the watch must have had a maker: that there must have existed, at some time, and at some place or other, an artificer or artificers who formed it for the purpose which we find it actually to answer; who comprehended its construction, and designed its use.
Page 90 - But ye beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.