The Evidences of the Christian ReligionJ. Tonson, 1733 - 330 pages |
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... Eternity , to fupport any fables and inventions of their own , or any forgeries of their predeceffors who had prefided in the fame church , and which might have been eafily detected by the tradition of that particular church , as well ...
... Eternity , to fupport any fables and inventions of their own , or any forgeries of their predeceffors who had prefided in the fame church , and which might have been eafily detected by the tradition of that particular church , as well ...
Page 78
... eternity . We are poffeffed of a little power and a little knowledge , the Divine Being is Almigh- ty and Omniscient . In fhort , by adding Infinity to any kind of perfection we en- joy , and by joining all these different kinds of ...
... eternity . We are poffeffed of a little power and a little knowledge , the Divine Being is Almigh- ty and Omniscient . In fhort , by adding Infinity to any kind of perfection we en- joy , and by joining all these different kinds of ...
Page 108
... eternity , or infinite dura- tion , as a line that has neither a begin- ning nor end . In our fpeculations of in- finite space , we confider that particular place in which we exift , as a kind of center to the whole expanfion . In our ...
... eternity , or infinite dura- tion , as a line that has neither a begin- ning nor end . In our fpeculations of in- finite space , we confider that particular place in which we exift , as a kind of center to the whole expanfion . In our ...
Page 109
... eternity under two divi- fions ; which we may call in English , that eternity which is past , and that eternity which is to come . The learned terms of æternitas à parte ante , and æternitas à parte poft , may be more amusing to the ...
... eternity under two divi- fions ; which we may call in English , that eternity which is past , and that eternity which is to come . The learned terms of æternitas à parte ante , and æternitas à parte poft , may be more amusing to the ...
Page 110
... eternity by any notion which we can frame of it . If we go to the bottom of this mat- ter , we fhall find , that the difficulties we meet with in our conceptions of eternity proceed from this fingle reafon , that we can have no other ...
... eternity by any notion which we can frame of it . If we go to the bottom of this mat- ter , we fhall find , that the difficulties we meet with in our conceptions of eternity proceed from this fingle reafon , that we can have no other ...
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Page 103 - 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 87 - His substance is within the substance of every being, whether material or immaterial, and as intimately present to it as that being is to itself. It would be an imperfection in him...
Page 79 - When you glorify the Lord, exalt him as much as you can ; for even yet will he far exceed. And when you exalt him, put forth all your strength, and be not weary; for you can never go far enough.
Page 82 - WAS yesterday, about sun-set, walking in the open fields, till the night insensibly fell upon me. I at first amused myself with all the richness and variety of colours which appeared in the western parts of heaven ; in proportion as they faded away and went out, several stars and planets appeared one after another, till the whole firmament was in a glow.
Page 291 - ... as it generally happens, that virtue would make us more happy even in this life than a contrary...
Page 195 - After it a voice roareth: He thundereth with the voice of his excellency; And he will not stay them when his voice is heard. God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
Page 89 - 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 296 - ... from all relation to eternity, is the most wonderful and unaccountable composition in the whole creation. He hath capacities to lodge a much greater variety of knowledge than he will be ever master of, and an unsatisfied curiosity to tread the secret paths of nature and providence ; but with this, his organs...
Page 238 - Their sound is gone out into all lands : and their words into the ends of the world. 5 In them hath he set a tabernacle for...
Page 91 - Secondly, How deplorable is the condition of an intellectual being, who feels no other effects from this his presence but such as proceed from divine wrath and indignation...