Essays on the Wisdom of Godauthor, 1818 - 512 pages |
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... Possessed of an under- standing illuminated by the spirit of God , he will so employ the objects of creative power , as to display the truths of revelation to advantage , and conduct the mind " from Nature up to Nature's God . " There ...
... Possessed of an under- standing illuminated by the spirit of God , he will so employ the objects of creative power , as to display the truths of revelation to advantage , and conduct the mind " from Nature up to Nature's God . " There ...
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... possess a considerable degree of ductility , but this property is not common to them all . Almost all the metals seem to be capable of impressing the . organs with a peculiar taste and smell . Professor Davy mentions thirty - eight ...
... possess a considerable degree of ductility , but this property is not common to them all . Almost all the metals seem to be capable of impressing the . organs with a peculiar taste and smell . Professor Davy mentions thirty - eight ...
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... possess the finest and most important qualities , -food for the most fragrant flowers , and the most delicious ... possessed of certain properties , for their nutriment ; -these vege- tables demand also their support from the soils in ...
... possess the finest and most important qualities , -food for the most fragrant flowers , and the most delicious ... possessed of certain properties , for their nutriment ; -these vege- tables demand also their support from the soils in ...
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... possessed of animal life could exist in its vital state . Plunged into such an atmosphere , animals would instantly expire ; the vegetable creation would sicken and die . On a proper mixture of these different airs , depends , in a ...
... possessed of animal life could exist in its vital state . Plunged into such an atmosphere , animals would instantly expire ; the vegetable creation would sicken and die . On a proper mixture of these different airs , depends , in a ...
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... possessed of this property , it would form itself about their mouths It has been calculated that the weight of air , which presses upon the whole surface of the earth , is equal to that of a globe of lead sixty miles in diameter ...
... possessed of this property , it would form itself about their mouths It has been calculated that the weight of air , which presses upon the whole surface of the earth , is equal to that of a globe of lead sixty miles in diameter ...
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Page 486 - Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Page 487 - And besides this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue ; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance ; and to temperance patience ; and to patience godliness ; and to godliness brotherly kindness ; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 448 - The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
Page 456 - For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; And having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Page 506 - The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Page 436 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
Page 504 - But ye are come unto Mount Zion ; and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem ; and to an innumerable company of angels ; to the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heaven ; and to God, the Judge of all; and to the spirits of just men made perfect...
Page 478 - This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart.
Page 478 - ... that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him; the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints...
Page 506 - The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee : but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down ; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.