The Penscellwood papers: essays by the author of 'Dr. Hookwell'.1846 |
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Page 77
... thousands of years , but states that the day in the Mosaic narrative of the Creation might be the common Jewish day from evening to evening . Therefore , by this he allows no time for the remains of animals to fill the earth ; but will ...
... thousands of years , but states that the day in the Mosaic narrative of the Creation might be the common Jewish day from evening to evening . Therefore , by this he allows no time for the remains of animals to fill the earth ; but will ...
Page 79
... thousands of feet before any mammalia have been as yet discovered to have paced the earth . LETTER III . My dear Patroclus , What may modern science of geology it is impossible for us to determine . It is confessedly a new science ...
... thousands of feet before any mammalia have been as yet discovered to have paced the earth . LETTER III . My dear Patroclus , What may modern science of geology it is impossible for us to determine . It is confessedly a new science ...
Page 80
... The remark is just ! " This , then , is the utmost ex- * Lyell . ↑ Is not the diameter of our globe reckoned at about eight thousand miles ? tent of geological research , and how his reason- ings 80 THE PENSCELLWOOD PAPERS .
... The remark is just ! " This , then , is the utmost ex- * Lyell . ↑ Is not the diameter of our globe reckoned at about eight thousand miles ? tent of geological research , and how his reason- ings 80 THE PENSCELLWOOD PAPERS .
Page 82
... thousand years from the present time ; " * " that the entrance of man into the planet is , comparatively speaking , of extremely modern date , and that the effects of his agency are only beginning to be felt . " + I need not dwell on ...
... thousand years from the present time ; " * " that the entrance of man into the planet is , comparatively speaking , of extremely modern date , and that the effects of his agency are only beginning to be felt . " + I need not dwell on ...
Page 83
... thousand years since the ex- istence of man began * -but as regards the creation of the world , scripture and ... thousands of feet thick , are piled one upon the other in the earth's crust , each containing their peculiar fossil animals ...
... thousand years since the ex- istence of man began * -but as regards the creation of the world , scripture and ... thousands of feet thick , are piled one upon the other in the earth's crust , each containing their peculiar fossil animals ...
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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.