The evidences of the Christian religion. To which are added, several discourses against atheism and infidelity, and in defence of the Christian revelation1809 |
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... space and found , there God must also be . Con- time is And as ' it appears impoffible to us , that space ' fhould be limited , or that time fhould have had a beginning , the Deity muft be both immense and eternal . ' . This great man ...
... space and found , there God must also be . Con- time is And as ' it appears impoffible to us , that space ' fhould be limited , or that time fhould have had a beginning , the Deity muft be both immense and eternal . ' . This great man ...
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... space of time as that of our Saviour's public miniftry ? Such kinds of news , though neverisfo true , feldom gain credit , till fome time after they are tranfacted and exposed to the examination of the cu- rious , who , by laying ...
... space of time as that of our Saviour's public miniftry ? Such kinds of news , though neverisfo true , feldom gain credit , till fome time after they are tranfacted and exposed to the examination of the cu- rious , who , by laying ...
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... space with his prefence , and inhabits eternity . We are poffeffed of a little power , and a little knowledge ; the Divine Being is Almighty and Om- nifcient . In short , by adding Infinity to any kind of perfection we enjoy , and by ...
... space with his prefence , and inhabits eternity . We are poffeffed of a little power , and a little knowledge ; the Divine Being is Almighty and Om- nifcient . In short , by adding Infinity to any kind of perfection we enjoy , and by ...
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... space they poffefs is so exceedingly little , in com- parison of the whole , that it would scarce make a blank in the creation . The chafm would be imperceptible to an eye , that could take in the whole compass of na- ture , and pass ...
... space they poffefs is so exceedingly little , in com- parison of the whole , that it would scarce make a blank in the creation . The chafm would be imperceptible to an eye , that could take in the whole compass of na- ture , and pass ...
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... space to exert itself in , how can our imagination fet any bounds to it ? To return therefore to my first thought , I could not but look upon myself with fecret horror , as a being that was not worth the smallest regard of one who had ...
... space to exert itself in , how can our imagination fet any bounds to it ? To return therefore to my first thought , I could not but look upon myself with fecret horror , as a being that was not worth the smallest regard of one who had ...
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Page 121 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Page 260 - Their sound is gone out into all lands : and their words into the ends of the world.
Page 104 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 302 - I have set the Lord always before me : Because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: My flesh also shall rest in hope.
Page xvi - ... there were between God and our Saviour, in reference to his kingdom. We know not what need there was to set up a head and a chieftain, in opposition to " the prince of this world, the prince of the power of the air,
Page 142 - ... us downwards; which, if it be probable, we have reason then to be persuaded, that there are far more species of creatures above us, than there are beneath; we being in degrees of perfection much more remote from the infinite being of God, than we are from the lowest state of being, and that which approaches nearest to nothing. And yet, of all those distinct species, we have no clear distinct ideas.
Page 105 - He cannot but regard every thing that has being, especially such of his creatures who fear they are not regarded by him. He is privy to all their thoughts, and to that anxiety of heart in particular, which is apt to trouble them on this occasion : for as it is impossible he should overlook any of his creatures, so we may be confident...
Page 100 - ... capacities, as they are creatures, that is, beings of finite and limited natures. The presence of every created being is confined to a certain measure of space ; and consequently his observation is stinted to a certain number of objects.
Page 176 - The practice of this virtue administers great comfort to the mind of man in times of poverty and affliction, but most of all in the hour of death.
Page 143 - THOSE who were skilful in anatomy, among the ancients, concluded, from the outward and inward make of an human body, that it was the work of a Being transcendently wise and powerful. As the world grew more enlightened in this art, their discoveries gave them fresh opportunities of admiring the conduct of Providence in the formation of a human body. Galen was converted by his dissections, and could not...