Essays on the Wisdom of Godauthor, 1818 - 512 pages |
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... strong stocking needle was forced through the top of it , which rested on each side of the neck of the bottle ; then it was dipped several times in boiling pitch . It was then let down to the depth of the last . When it was drawn up ...
... strong stocking needle was forced through the top of it , which rested on each side of the neck of the bottle ; then it was dipped several times in boiling pitch . It was then let down to the depth of the last . When it was drawn up ...
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... strong and impenetrable. They form a sort of coat of mail to the animals which wear them, admirably adapted to resist the dangers to which they are commonly exposed. Though it is difficult to determine to which class of objects shells ...
... strong and impenetrable. They form a sort of coat of mail to the animals which wear them, admirably adapted to resist the dangers to which they are commonly exposed. Though it is difficult to determine to which class of objects shells ...
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... strong and impenetrable . They form a sort of coat of mail to the animals which wear them , admirably adapted to resist the dangers to which they are commonly exposed . Though it is difficult to determine to which class . of objects ...
... strong and impenetrable . They form a sort of coat of mail to the animals which wear them , admirably adapted to resist the dangers to which they are commonly exposed . Though it is difficult to determine to which class . of objects ...
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... strong , according to the size of the plant , and the consequent dangers from winds , to which it is exposed . It is composed of small fibres which run parallel to each other in the perpendicular direction , and adhere so firmly as not ...
... strong , according to the size of the plant , and the consequent dangers from winds , to which it is exposed . It is composed of small fibres which run parallel to each other in the perpendicular direction , and adhere so firmly as not ...
Page 62
... strong shells and stones , which we can scarcely break , yet it makes its way through all these obstructions with the utmost certainty . When the proper season of germination arrives , the lobes swell , burst their various coverings ...
... strong shells and stones , which we can scarcely break , yet it makes its way through all these obstructions with the utmost certainty . When the proper season of germination arrives , the lobes swell , burst their various coverings ...
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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.