Discourses Concerning the Being and Natural Perfections of God, Volume 1H. Whitridge, 1757 - God |
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... whereby this body is nou- " rish'd and fenfibly refresh'd . This is com- mon with me to a multitude of living things in different fhapes , with which the " earth is for'd : but I find in myself the << powers of reafon and higher ...
... whereby this body is nou- " rish'd and fenfibly refresh'd . This is com- mon with me to a multitude of living things in different fhapes , with which the " earth is for'd : but I find in myself the << powers of reafon and higher ...
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... whereby I. " I may contribute to my own happiness , " and anfwer the end of my being , is to fol- " low the guidance of my own reason and " what nature points to , confidering the " whole of my conftitution , and preserving " the just ...
... whereby I. " I may contribute to my own happiness , " and anfwer the end of my being , is to fol- " low the guidance of my own reason and " what nature points to , confidering the " whole of my conftitution , and preserving " the just ...
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... whereby either the continuance or ceffation are produc'd , but our own fim- ple volitions . Hence arife the notions of free or volun- tary Agency , and neceffity as diftinguish'd from it , and of caufe and effect . Such pow- ers as we ...
... whereby either the continuance or ceffation are produc'd , but our own fim- ple volitions . Hence arife the notions of free or volun- tary Agency , and neceffity as diftinguish'd from it , and of caufe and effect . Such pow- ers as we ...
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... whereby they are nourished , from the far diftant heavenly bodies , holding on their perpetual course . Here is a noble VOL . I. fubject C 1 翼 SERM . fubject of meditation , to a mind from the Frame of the Material World . 33.
... whereby they are nourished , from the far diftant heavenly bodies , holding on their perpetual course . Here is a noble VOL . I. fubject C 1 翼 SERM . fubject of meditation , to a mind from the Frame of the Material World . 33.
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... a kind of paffive perception and consciousness . The ancient Hylozoifts , afcrib'd life and under- ftanding ftanding to matter , whereby it form'd itself into SER SERM II The Being of GOD prov'd from Animal and Rational Life.
... a kind of paffive perception and consciousness . The ancient Hylozoifts , afcrib'd life and under- ftanding ftanding to matter , whereby it form'd itself into SER SERM II The Being of GOD prov'd from Animal and Rational Life.
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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.