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Art only matches pieces of work , designed by human genius ; but in the great and marvellous mould , every creature seems to have been cast at once . All the parts are compact ; the stock rises into a stem , that produces branches ...
Art only matches pieces of work , designed by human genius ; but in the great and marvellous mould , every creature seems to have been cast at once . All the parts are compact ; the stock rises into a stem , that produces branches ...
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... by which the breast is expanded , and the air rushes at once into the lungs . The infant now respires and cries ; which latter action , it seems reason . able to suppose , has a beneficial influence on its health and life .
... by which the breast is expanded , and the air rushes at once into the lungs . The infant now respires and cries ; which latter action , it seems reason . able to suppose , has a beneficial influence on its health and life .
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... living creature whose frame is at once so hardy and so flexible that he can spread over the whole earth , become the inhabitant of every region , and thrive and multiply under every clime . Robertson , Short is the date , and narrow ...
... living creature whose frame is at once so hardy and so flexible that he can spread over the whole earth , become the inhabitant of every region , and thrive and multiply under every clime . Robertson , Short is the date , and narrow ...
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... the nerves operating , the lungs blowing , the humours filtrating , and all the incomprebensible assemblage of fibres , tubes , pumps , currents , and pivots , which sustain an existence at once so frail and so presumptuous .
... the nerves operating , the lungs blowing , the humours filtrating , and all the incomprebensible assemblage of fibres , tubes , pumps , currents , and pivots , which sustain an existence at once so frail and so presumptuous .
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whole mass of blood is said to be about twenty - five pounds ; so that a quantity of blood , equal to the whole mass of blood , passes through the heart fourteen times in one hour ; which is about once in four minutes .
whole mass of blood is said to be about twenty - five pounds ; so that a quantity of blood , equal to the whole mass of blood , passes through the heart fourteen times in one hour ; which is about once in four minutes .
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Page 198 - PREDESTINATION to Life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour.
Page 466 - Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat : this is my body. And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them : and they all drank of it. And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.
Page 181 - Who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature ; for by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers ; all things were created by him, and for him; and he is before all things, and by him all things consist...
Page 218 - Jesus ; that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
Page 197 - Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault ? for who hath resisted his will ? Nay but, 0 man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus ? Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour ? What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction...
Page 193 - But. not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead ; much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Page 317 - For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Page 289 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come; that Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should show light unto the people and to the Gentiles.
Page 196 - Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
Page 315 - The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, 29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?