The Penscellwood papers: essays by the author of 'Dr. Hookwell'.1846 |
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... believe , and the strength to endure unto the end ; all which gifts , O merciful Father , we humbly acknow- ledge to be Thine , so that hereafter we may find prepared for ourselves that blessed in- heritance among all them who are ...
... believe , and the strength to endure unto the end ; all which gifts , O merciful Father , we humbly acknow- ledge to be Thine , so that hereafter we may find prepared for ourselves that blessed in- heritance among all them who are ...
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... believe that God is a Spirit , an infinite and immortal Spirit , we have little dif- culty in believing that those spirits or souls which proceed from ( as we grant ) the breath of God , shall be immortal as God's Spirit . We have no ...
... believe that God is a Spirit , an infinite and immortal Spirit , we have little dif- culty in believing that those spirits or souls which proceed from ( as we grant ) the breath of God , shall be immortal as God's Spirit . We have no ...
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... believe that he is driven by a mechanical necessity in all his ways and actions ? When , for instance , he hastens to me when I call him , caresses me when I stroke him , trembles when I rate him , runs away from me when I beat him ...
... believe that he is driven by a mechanical necessity in all his ways and actions ? When , for instance , he hastens to me when I call him , caresses me when I stroke him , trembles when I rate him , runs away from me when I beat him ...
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... believe that men exist without a sense of the Great Spirit of their spirits ; and why may we not believe that wherever there is spirit in organised matter , although such spirit be inferior to the portion in the human body , there 44 ...
... believe that men exist without a sense of the Great Spirit of their spirits ; and why may we not believe that wherever there is spirit in organised matter , although such spirit be inferior to the portion in the human body , there 44 ...
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... Believe me , Your sincere comrade and friend , Penscellwood . ACHILLES . POSTCRIPT - ON MIND IN ANIMALS . " The difference between mind in the lower animals and in man is a difference in degree only it is not a specific difference . All ...
... Believe me , Your sincere comrade and friend , Penscellwood . ACHILLES . POSTCRIPT - ON MIND IN ANIMALS . " The difference between mind in the lower animals and in man is a difference in degree only it is not a specific difference . All ...
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Page 186 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 277 - Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses : but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
Page 184 - And harmless serpents lick the pilgrim's feet. The smiling infant in his hand shall take The crested basilisk and speckled snake, Pleased the green lustre of the scales survey, And with their forky tongue shall innocently play.
Page 128 - That we shall sincerely, really, and constantly, through the grace of God, endeavour, in our several places and callings, the preservation of the reformed religion in the church of Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, against our common enemies...
Page 166 - And behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven : and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons
Page 2 - Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days : which are a shadow of things to come ; but the body is of Christ.
Page 87 - We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
Page 166 - And the Lord said, I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth ; both man and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Page 48 - I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever : nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
Page 68 - The learned, the judicious, the pious Boerhaave relates that he never saw a criminal dragged to execution without asking himself: 'Who knows whether this man is not less culpable than me?' On the days when the prisons of this city are emptied into the grave let every spectator of the dreadful procession put the same question to his own heart.