Physico-theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation

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Robinson and Roberts, 1768 - 444 pagina's

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Pagina 429 - The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard.
Pagina 432 - Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Pagina 353 - Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, As though they were not hers; Her labour is in vain without fear; Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding. What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider.
Pagina 433 - Both young men, and maidens ; old men, and children : Let them praise the name of the LORD : for his name alone is excellent ; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Pagina 270 - Judah : and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, to devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
Pagina 71 - The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; Where the birds make their nests : as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
Pagina 173 - For by this means, the peopled world is kept at a convenient stay, neither too full nor too empty.
Pagina 443 - I am the Lord your God ; walk in my statutes and keep my judgments, and do them ; and hallow my sabbaths ; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.
Pagina 338 - Borelli has put it beyond all doubt, that this is the least use of it, which is chiefly to assist the bird in its ascent and descent in the air ; and to obviate the vacillations of the body and wings : for, as...
Pagina 305 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee : nor again the head to the feet, 1 have no need of you.

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