The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation: In Two Parts. Viz. The Heavenly Bodies, Elements, Meteors, Fossils, Vegetables, Animals (beasts, Birds, Fishes and Insects), More Particularly in the Body of the Earth, Its Figure, Motion, and Consistency; and in the Admirable Structure of the Bodies of Man and Other Animals; as Also in Their Generation, &c. With Answers to Some ObjectionsWilliam Innys, 1714 - 389 pages |
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... directed by Reafon and Art ; or when thou confider'ft a Sun - dyal or Clock , thou fhould't understand prefently , that the Hours are fewn by Art , and not by Chance ; and yet imagine or believe , that the World , which com- prehends ...
... directed by Reafon and Art ; or when thou confider'ft a Sun - dyal or Clock , thou fhould't understand prefently , that the Hours are fewn by Art , and not by Chance ; and yet imagine or believe , that the World , which com- prehends ...
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... directed after this manner , and which therefore ftill kept the fame Site or Pof- ture , by reafon of the.flriate Particles finding no fit Pores or Traces for their paffages through 1 it , but only in this direction ; yet does it , Part ...
... directed after this manner , and which therefore ftill kept the fame Site or Pof- ture , by reafon of the.flriate Particles finding no fit Pores or Traces for their paffages through 1 it , but only in this direction ; yet does it , Part ...
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... directed him to have made it better . A Speech as rash and igno- rant , as daring and prophane . + For it was nothing but ignorance of the true Procefs of Nature that induced the Contrivers : of that Hypothefis to invent fuch abfurd Sup ...
... directed him to have made it better . A Speech as rash and igno- rant , as daring and prophane . + For it was nothing but ignorance of the true Procefs of Nature that induced the Contrivers : of that Hypothefis to invent fuch abfurd Sup ...
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... directed to Ends unknown to them , by a wife Super- intendant . As , I. That all Creatures fhould know how to defend themselves , and offend their Enemies where their natural Weapons are fituate , and how to make ufe of them . A Calf ...
... directed to Ends unknown to them , by a wife Super- intendant . As , I. That all Creatures fhould know how to defend themselves , and offend their Enemies where their natural Weapons are fituate , and how to make ufe of them . A Calf ...
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... fuch Creatures as are whole - footed , or fin - toed , viz . foine Birds , and Quadrupeds , are natu- rally directed to go into the Water and fwim there , 7 there , as we fee Ducklings , tho ' hatch'd 126 A The Wisdom of God Part I.
... fuch Creatures as are whole - footed , or fin - toed , viz . foine Birds , and Quadrupeds , are natu- rally directed to go into the Water and fwim there , 7 there , as we fee Ducklings , tho ' hatch'd 126 A The Wisdom of God Part I.
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