Sacred History of the World: Attempted to be Philosophically Considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son, Volume 3, Issue 84Harper, 1844 |
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... portion of wisdom may be relied upon almost implicitly . " For the correspondences of goodness and wisdom are manifold ; and that they will accompany each other is to be inferred , not only because 1 LETTER IV . The Plans of the Creator ...
... portion of wisdom may be relied upon almost implicitly . " For the correspondences of goodness and wisdom are manifold ; and that they will accompany each other is to be inferred , not only because 1 LETTER IV . The Plans of the Creator ...
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... space which our system oc- cupies . In what portion of the wonderful whole we are situ- ated , we know not , and have no means of ascertaining . In- numerable bodies effuse radiances of light above and about us 36 THE SACRED HISTORY.
... space which our system oc- cupies . In what portion of the wonderful whole we are situ- ated , we know not , and have no means of ascertaining . In- numerable bodies effuse radiances of light above and about us 36 THE SACRED HISTORY.
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... portions of ancient vegetation and of animal races ; most of these being suited to the preceding state of things , and not continued into the present one , of which they were less fitting . He abridged , also , the life of man to one ...
... portions of ancient vegetation and of animal races ; most of these being suited to the preceding state of things , and not continued into the present one , of which they were less fitting . He abridged , also , the life of man to one ...
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... portion only were allowed by the great majority of the rest to be the sole parents of every community - a portion which the geometri- cal law would be every year requiring to be made smaller . Policy and benevolence might ponder in vain ...
... portion only were allowed by the great majority of the rest to be the sole parents of every community - a portion which the geometri- cal law would be every year requiring to be made smaller . Policy and benevolence might ponder in vain ...
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... portion . The multiplication was as certain in the one case as in the other ; but the error of both would be that of attrib- uting to a natural progression what was principally derived from the adventitious circumstance of successive ...
... portion . The multiplication was as certain in the one case as in the other ; but the error of both would be that of attrib- uting to a natural progression what was principally derived from the adventitious circumstance of successive ...
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Page 411 - 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 434 - Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself...
Page 410 - 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 396 - And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall, he corrupt by flatteries ; but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
Page 435 - 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 413 - 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 415 - 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. And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it ; if it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
Page 429 - 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.
Page 440 - As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria ; shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
Page 444 - Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.