Discourses Concerning the Being and Natural Perfections of God, Volume 1H. Whitridge, 1757 - God |
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... When a man , endued with all the vital , fenfitive , and intellectual powers which belong to his nature , and arrived at the perfect exercise of VOL . I. them , A I. SERM . them , with a competent knowledge of him- SERMON.
... When a man , endued with all the vital , fenfitive , and intellectual powers which belong to his nature , and arrived at the perfect exercise of VOL . I. them , A I. SERM . them , with a competent knowledge of him- SERMON.
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... perfect harmony in the whole ; whe- ther , I fay , confidering this , any understand- ing less than infinite , could have form'd the model ? This is fo plain , I do not think it needful to use many words in illuftrating it . The truth ...
... perfect harmony in the whole ; whe- ther , I fay , confidering this , any understand- ing less than infinite , could have form'd the model ? This is fo plain , I do not think it needful to use many words in illuftrating it . The truth ...
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... perfect symmetry in the whole . In vain shall we seek for beauty , har- mony and order , in the productions of human genius : If we turn our eyes with attention to all things around us , in their fimple natural appearance , the idea of ...
... perfect symmetry in the whole . In vain shall we seek for beauty , har- mony and order , in the productions of human genius : If we turn our eyes with attention to all things around us , in their fimple natural appearance , the idea of ...
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... perfect understanding in the univerfe , of all- ruling wifdom , in conjunction with the most amiable goodness , the true compleat original beauty , the fountain of all excellence and per- fection . Praise the Lord all ye bis works ...
... perfect understanding in the univerfe , of all- ruling wifdom , in conjunction with the most amiable goodness , the true compleat original beauty , the fountain of all excellence and per- fection . Praise the Lord all ye bis works ...
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... perfect or im- perfect , iffue from the teeming womb of mo- ther earth what can the reafon be according to this philofopher ? Is it that he became bar- ren by age ? This is hard to conceive , con- fidering that the came to her prolific ...
... perfect or im- perfect , iffue from the teeming womb of mo- ther earth what can the reafon be according to this philofopher ? Is it that he became bar- ren by age ? This is hard to conceive , con- fidering that the came to her prolific ...
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Page 34 - Praise ye him sun and moon : praise him all ye stars of light. Praise him ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens ; let them praise the name of the Lord ; for he commanded, and they were created.
Page 34 - Both young men, and maidens ; old men, and children : Let them praise the name of the LORD : for his name alone is excellent ; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Page 34 - Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word: Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl...
Page 214 - And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them which kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will warn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Page 259 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Page 141 - When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hands ', to tread my courts...
Page 220 - 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 133 - Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Page 262 - The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.