A Series of Discourses on the Christian Revelation, Viewed in Connection with the Modern AstronomyJ. Smith, 1817 - 276 pagina's |
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Pagina 50
... sublime magnitude of a forest would suffer by the fall of a single leaf . The leaf quivers on the branch which supports it . It lies at the mercy of the slightest accident . A breath of wind tears it from its stem , and it lights on the ...
... sublime magnitude of a forest would suffer by the fall of a single leaf . The leaf quivers on the branch which supports it . It lies at the mercy of the slightest accident . A breath of wind tears it from its stem , and it lights on the ...
Pagina 71
... to carry you forward , by a few simple illustrations , to the argument of this day . All the sublime truths of the modern astronomy lie within the field of actual observation , and have the firm evidence to rest upon of all that 71.
... to carry you forward , by a few simple illustrations , to the argument of this day . All the sublime truths of the modern astronomy lie within the field of actual observation , and have the firm evidence to rest upon of all that 71.
Pagina 75
... knows not what Newton knew , and what he kept a steady eye upon throughout the whole march of his sublime investigations . He knows not the limits of his own faculties . He 75 he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
... knows not what Newton knew , and what he kept a steady eye upon throughout the whole march of his sublime investigations . He knows not the limits of his own faculties . He 75 he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
Pagina 82
... sublime and mysterious se- crecies . It is not I who am offering to lift this curtain . It is not I who am pitching my ad- venturous flight to the secret things , which belong to God , away from the things that are revealed , and which ...
... sublime and mysterious se- crecies . It is not I who am offering to lift this curtain . It is not I who am pitching my ad- venturous flight to the secret things , which belong to God , away from the things that are revealed , and which ...
Pagina 87
... sublime agency of one commanding principle . But he had too much of the ballast of a sub- stantial understanding about him , to be thrown afloat by all this success among the plausibili- ties of wanton and unauthorized speculation . He ...
... sublime agency of one commanding principle . But he had too much of the ballast of a sub- stantial understanding about him , to be thrown afloat by all this success among the plausibili- ties of wanton and unauthorized speculation . He ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 267 - The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb...
Pagina 270 - Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it, 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
Pagina 264 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Pagina 266 - 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...
Pagina 267 - And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer...
Pagina 262 - Every day will I bless Thee ; And I will praise Thy name for ever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised ; And His greatness is unsearchable.
Pagina 270 - ... feet. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power ? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart ? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
Pagina 273 - And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Pagina 258 - Thou, even thou, art LORD alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Pagina 263 - But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded?