The Sacred History of the World: Attempted to be Philosophically Considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son, Volume 3Harper & Bros., 1838 |
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... individual impressions and de- ductions , grounded always , or meant to be so , on appropriate facts , and carefully reasoned from ; but not possessing any other character , nor pretending to be to you or to any a deciding au- thority ...
... individual impressions and de- ductions , grounded always , or meant to be so , on appropriate facts , and carefully reasoned from ; but not possessing any other character , nor pretending to be to you or to any a deciding au- thority ...
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... individual conviction in favour of his own views and sentiments , every writer may justly aim ; but , at the same time , be content with seeking to gain it by fair reasoning and correct statements , and never exact it , nor be ...
... individual conviction in favour of his own views and sentiments , every writer may justly aim ; but , at the same time , be content with seeking to gain it by fair reasoning and correct statements , and never exact it , nor be ...
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... individual is competent to do justice . From their very nature ; from the greatness and remoteness to us of the omniscient Director ; from the invisi- bility and intangibility of the agencies by which his guidance and ruling ...
... individual is competent to do justice . From their very nature ; from the greatness and remoteness to us of the omniscient Director ; from the invisi- bility and intangibility of the agencies by which his guidance and ruling ...
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... individual biography , as mere trains of unarranged , undirected , un- caused , or unconnected sequences , without any reason why they should be what they were , and succeed each other as they do , and without any assigned or connecting ...
... individual biography , as mere trains of unarranged , undirected , un- caused , or unconnected sequences , without any reason why they should be what they were , and succeed each other as they do , and without any assigned or connecting ...
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... individual mind . We should feel that in examining or experi menting on any object or department of nature we are in- vestigating the productions of an intelligent Creator , which have design in every part . This idea should accompany ...
... individual mind . We should feel that in examining or experi menting on any object or department of nature we are in- vestigating the productions of an intelligent Creator , which have design in every part . This idea should accompany ...
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Page 409 - That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee : shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
Page 436 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say : — " Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths :" for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Page 443 - I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool; his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
Page 413 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 408 - And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him ? For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 411 - And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth...
Page 433 - Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
Page 437 - I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Page 439 - O Lord God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth ; thou hast made heaven and earth.
Page 427 - And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord ; and they shall be afraid of thee.