Discourses on various subjects, Volume 1Dodsley, 1769 |
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... human Nature . And any one that believeth a Providence , which fuperintendeth the Affairs of Men , ought to look upon it as a happy Circumftance , when his Birth and Habitation have been fo ordered and difpofed , as to give him great ...
... human Nature . And any one that believeth a Providence , which fuperintendeth the Affairs of Men , ought to look upon it as a happy Circumftance , when his Birth and Habitation have been fo ordered and difpofed , as to give him great ...
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... human Nature is funk into the lowest Degree of Meanness and Ignorance ; nor yet in Countries groan- ing under Turkish Oppreffion ; nor where the Christian Religion is debafed with Su- perftition and corrupt Mixtures , which have greatly ...
... human Nature is funk into the lowest Degree of Meanness and Ignorance ; nor yet in Countries groan- ing under Turkish Oppreffion ; nor where the Christian Religion is debafed with Su- perftition and corrupt Mixtures , which have greatly ...
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... the Senfes of seeing , hearing , fmelling , & c . or which contri- bute to the Ufe of Speech , which is of fuch vaft Advantage in human Life ; when we confider B 2 confider these Things , together with the Dignity of the DISCOURSE I. 3.
... the Senfes of seeing , hearing , fmelling , & c . or which contri- bute to the Ufe of Speech , which is of fuch vaft Advantage in human Life ; when we confider B 2 confider these Things , together with the Dignity of the DISCOURSE I. 3.
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... human Body that are not yet fully difcovered , and the more we know of them , the greater Matter we find for our Admiration . But ftill more wonderful is the human Mind , or that noble Principle in us distinct from this corruptible ...
... human Body that are not yet fully difcovered , and the more we know of them , the greater Matter we find for our Admiration . But ftill more wonderful is the human Mind , or that noble Principle in us distinct from this corruptible ...
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... human Species , the remarkable Distinction between the Sexes , and their mutual Propenfions , and the admirable Provifion that is made for nourishing and bringing up their Offspring . To which may be added , the kind and fo- cial ...
... human Species , the remarkable Distinction between the Sexes , and their mutual Propenfions , and the admirable Provifion that is made for nourishing and bringing up their Offspring . To which may be added , the kind and fo- cial ...
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Page 245 - In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Page 296 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it ; if it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
Page 431 - Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Page 181 - Hosts, is his name, great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings...
Page 169 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another ; and the Lord hearkened, and heard it : and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 342 - Lord of lords ; who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto ; whom no man hath seen, nor can see : to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
Page 98 - Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the LORD his God...
Page 46 - Remember the former things of old: For I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times the things that are not yet done, Saying, My counsel shall stand, And I will do all my pleasure...
Page 171 - The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked : who can know it ? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Page 159 - Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.