Reflections on the Works of God: And of His Providence Throughout All Nature, Volume 1G and W.B. Whittaker, 1823 - Calendars |
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... regard as minute ; for however small the minutest animalcule appears to us , we have reason to believe there are objects which appear to it as small as it does to us . By the view which we have just been taking , we shall also find the ...
... regard as minute ; for however small the minutest animalcule appears to us , we have reason to believe there are objects which appear to it as small as it does to us . By the view which we have just been taking , we shall also find the ...
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... regard the evil which may result from the cold , and never consider the good it may produce . If they discover the least injury , if some parts of the great whole suffer , they think themselves authorised to murmur against God , without ...
... regard the evil which may result from the cold , and never consider the good it may produce . If they discover the least injury , if some parts of the great whole suffer , they think themselves authorised to murmur against God , without ...
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... regard to society , and it will be found that , without the means of rendering ourselves understood by our companions , social inter- course must cease . Besides , there is something so fascinating in some of the modulations of the ...
... regard to society , and it will be found that , without the means of rendering ourselves understood by our companions , social inter- course must cease . Besides , there is something so fascinating in some of the modulations of the ...
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... regard not the voice of the Most High , which cries , Preparé , O Israel , to meet thy God ! " Let us not give up our minds to unnecessary alarms , but rather fear that Being at whose coming the hearts of the 66 bravest will be appalled ...
... regard not the voice of the Most High , which cries , Preparé , O Israel , to meet thy God ! " Let us not give up our minds to unnecessary alarms , but rather fear that Being at whose coming the hearts of the 66 bravest will be appalled ...
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... regard comets as the precursors of Heaven's judgments ; and some read in their aspect the destiny of nations and the fall of empires . Others again predict , from their appearance , wars , famine , and plagues ; and consider them as the ...
... regard comets as the precursors of Heaven's judgments ; and some read in their aspect the destiny of nations and the fall of empires . Others again predict , from their appearance , wars , famine , and plagues ; and consider them as the ...
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Page 81 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 19 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 40 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...
Page 80 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 224 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Page 38 - BLESS the Lord, O my soul : O Lord my God, thou art very great ; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot ; who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Page 38 - And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Page 81 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Page 251 - And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end ; that ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Page 80 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.