Lectures on the Atomic Theory, and Essays Scientific and Literary, Volume 2T. Constable and Company, 1858 - 741 pages |
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... effect that the multi- tudinous array of sensations - of - matter which deploys itself around him proceeds from God . Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God . ' Must we then be for ever content to ...
... effect that the multi- tudinous array of sensations - of - matter which deploys itself around him proceeds from God . Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God . ' Must we then be for ever content to ...
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... effects upon the literature of Natural Theology , although it is not illogical in itself . The simple idea of which it is the unfolding , is expressed in the present tense of the former verb . God makes and continues to make , or simply ...
... effects upon the literature of Natural Theology , although it is not illogical in itself . The simple idea of which it is the unfolding , is expressed in the present tense of the former verb . God makes and continues to make , or simply ...
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... effect this diffusion is ! There is no limit to the extensive expansion of a single inch of any gas which may be formed or liberated in the air ... effects produced ; and how worthy of a God ! THE ARGUMENT OF DESIGN EQUAL TO NOTHING . 93.
... effect this diffusion is ! There is no limit to the extensive expansion of a single inch of any gas which may be formed or liberated in the air ... effects produced ; and how worthy of a God ! THE ARGUMENT OF DESIGN EQUAL TO NOTHING . 93.
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... effects by fitly chosen means . Now , the explanation of this set of facts is ready beforehand - Art is the pro- duct of a designing mind , and the designer is man . Accordingly , the substance of the Paleyan argument is this : The ...
... effects by fitly chosen means . Now , the explanation of this set of facts is ready beforehand - Art is the pro- duct of a designing mind , and the designer is man . Accordingly , the substance of the Paleyan argument is this : The ...
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... effect as to secure it a standing in the world . His Natural Theology is read by everybody , and is a text - book at the Universities . It has gone through many editions , even cheap ones for the people , and is a standard work . It has ...
... effect as to secure it a standing in the world . His Natural Theology is read by everybody , and is a text - book at the Universities . It has gone through many editions , even cheap ones for the people , and is a standard work . It has ...
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Page 98 - 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 100 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and CHANGED the glory of the uncorruptible God into AN IMAGE made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Page 61 - Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, and unto a land that I will show thee...
Page 66 - And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Page 124 - For us the winds do blow; The earth doth rest, heaven move, and fountains flow; Nothing we see but means our good, As our delight or as our treasure. The whole is either our cupboard of food, Or cabinet of pleasure. The stars have us to bed; Night draws the curtain, which the sun withdraws; Music and light attend our head. All things unto our flesh are kind In their descent and being; to our mind In their ascent and cause.
Page 113 - Chase brave employments with a naked sword Throughout the world. Fool not ; for all may have, If they dare try, a glorious life, or grave.
Page 58 - ... a law in his members warring against the law of his mind, and bringing him into captivity to the law of sin which was in his members.
Page 118 - I GOT me flowers to straw Thy way; I got me boughs off many a tree: But Thou wast up by break of day, And brought'st Thy sweets along with Thee. The sun arising in the east, Though he give light, and th' east perfume; If they should offer to contest With Thy arising, they presume.
Page 48 - And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
Page 66 - My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burntoffering?