A treatise on the records of the Creation, and on the moral attributes of the Creator, Volum 2 |
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Side xi
... Actual Extent of the Evil ; and Provisions for its Remedy , in Commerce and Colonization . No Situations inconsistent with a State of Probation . CONCLUSION . Recapitulation . Practical Consequences . Page 417 Objection from want of ...
... Actual Extent of the Evil ; and Provisions for its Remedy , in Commerce and Colonization . No Situations inconsistent with a State of Probation . CONCLUSION . Recapitulation . Practical Consequences . Page 417 Objection from want of ...
Side 2
... actual acquaintance not only with the things that exist , or have existed , at any definite point of time , but with whatever can possibly arise as consequences from things so existing , or be contingent upon them . Neither can He , on ...
... actual acquaintance not only with the things that exist , or have existed , at any definite point of time , but with whatever can possibly arise as consequences from things so existing , or be contingent upon them . Neither can He , on ...
Side 28
... actual appearance of the world . In all questions which relate to the skill of any contrivance , it is pre - supposed , that the intention and execution of the work are alike understood , and considered together . The most harmonious ...
... actual appearance of the world . In all questions which relate to the skill of any contrivance , it is pre - supposed , that the intention and execution of the work are alike understood , and considered together . The most harmonious ...
Side 64
... actual and immediate influence of the love of gain . It is sufficient to know , that the vast and complicated machine of human society , the movements of which are as intri- cate as the motion is constant , was originally actuated , and ...
... actual and immediate influence of the love of gain . It is sufficient to know , that the vast and complicated machine of human society , the movements of which are as intri- cate as the motion is constant , was originally actuated , and ...
Side 87
... actual operation of a certain degree of equality with some share of comparative civilization . " The bare necessaries of life , food and fuel , clothes to cover our nakedness , and a home to shelter us from the storm , comforts , which ...
... actual operation of a certain degree of equality with some share of comparative civilization . " The bare necessaries of life , food and fuel , clothes to cover our nakedness , and a home to shelter us from the storm , comforts , which ...
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Side 243 - Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Side 125 - Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan ; and Lot journeyed east : and they separated themselves the one from the other.
Side 124 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Side 241 - By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: that in blessing I will bless thee...
Side 243 - Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer; behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried ; and ye shall have tribulation ten days : be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Side 79 - Compared, indeed, with the more extravagant luxury of the great, his accommodation must no doubt appear extremely simple and easy; and yet it may be true, perhaps, that the accommodation of an European prince does not always so much exceed that of an industrious and frugal peasant, as the accommodation of the latter exceeds that of many an African king, the absolute master of the lives and liberties of ten thousand naked savages.
Side 283 - It is a happy world after all. The air, the earth, the water, teem with delighted existence. In a spring noon, or a summer evening, on whichever side I turn my eyes, myriads of happy beings crowd upon my view. "The insect youth are on the wing.
Side 323 - When providence divided the earth among a few lordly masters, it neither forgot nor abandoned those who seemed to have been left out in the partition. These last too enjoy their share of all that it produces. In what constitutes the real happiness of human life, they are in no respect inferior to those who would seem so much above them.
Side 383 - The Tartar, accustomed to roam over extensive plains, and to subsist on the product of his herds, imprecates upon his enemy, as the greatest of all curses, that he may be condemned to reside in one place, and to be nourished with the top of a weed. The rude Americans, fond of their own pursuits, and satisfied with their own lot, are equally...
Side 239 - Samuel, and of the prophets: who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.