The semi-sceptic; or, The common sense of religion considered |
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... operation ; it is our destined lot ; and seems as if expressly so provided by nature , in order to check the extravagance and wantonness which might otherwise arise from the indul- gence of our too sanguine expectations . Even B in the ...
... operation ; it is our destined lot ; and seems as if expressly so provided by nature , in order to check the extravagance and wantonness which might otherwise arise from the indul- gence of our too sanguine expectations . Even B in the ...
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... operations , that religion itself was once abolished by a public decree of the state . It is now but a few years since the miscalled goddess of human reason was formally en- throned , and many a year will pass away before the minds of ...
... operations , that religion itself was once abolished by a public decree of the state . It is now but a few years since the miscalled goddess of human reason was formally en- throned , and many a year will pass away before the minds of ...
Side 45
... operation full as extensively in the phy- sical world also . We find throughout the whole detail of the creation , as far as matters have yet been subjected to our notice , a regular system of this sort to be established : a constant ...
... operation full as extensively in the phy- sical world also . We find throughout the whole detail of the creation , as far as matters have yet been subjected to our notice , a regular system of this sort to be established : a constant ...
Side 46
... operation of the destructive and the renovating principle ; or as we may term it , of good and evil . If we look to the vegetable kingdom , we find a similar order of things , established there , leaves , fruit , branches , every part ...
... operation of the destructive and the renovating principle ; or as we may term it , of good and evil . If we look to the vegetable kingdom , we find a similar order of things , established there , leaves , fruit , branches , every part ...
Side 47
... operation of certain laws , acting in this fashion ; and the vegetable is made subject not only in common with the animal . world to death as to itself taken as an whole , but every part of that same vegetable is seen to be suffering ...
... operation of certain laws , acting in this fashion ; and the vegetable is made subject not only in common with the animal . world to death as to itself taken as an whole , but every part of that same vegetable is seen to be suffering ...
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The Semi-sceptic; Or, The Common Sense of Religion Considered John Thomas James (D.D., Bishop of Calcutta, 1786-1829.) Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1825 |
The Semi-Sceptic; Or, the Common Sense of Religion Considered John Thomas James (bp of Calcutta ) Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2020 |
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Side 80 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily , therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Side 289 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Side 36 - And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
Side 267 - THAT which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled of the word of life ; (for the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal life which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us...
Side 290 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Side 151 - There wanted yet the master-work, the end Of all yet done; a creature, who, not prone • And brute as other creatures, but endued With sanctity of reason, might erect His stature, and upright with front serene Govern the rest, self-knowing; and from thence Magnanimous to correspond with Heaven...
Side 43 - Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man ? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me...
Side 37 - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Side 322 - European friends, that the superstitious practices which deform the Hindoo religion have nothing to do with the pure spirit of its dictates!
Side 289 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth : and it was so.