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... ignorance of the dark ages— revival of learning at the Reformation . Present intellectual state of the human race . Causes which have retarded the progress of the human mind . A more general diffusion of knowledge desirable . Preludes ...
... ignorance of the dark ages— revival of learning at the Reformation . Present intellectual state of the human race . Causes which have retarded the progress of the human mind . A more general diffusion of knowledge desirable . Preludes ...
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... Ignorance exhibits distorted views of the Divine character . Attributes of the Deity which science illustrates : 1. The unity of God . 2. Wisdom of the Deity - manifested in the various arrangements of sublunary nature . Particular ...
... Ignorance exhibits distorted views of the Divine character . Attributes of the Deity which science illustrates : 1. The unity of God . 2. Wisdom of the Deity - manifested in the various arrangements of sublunary nature . Particular ...
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... Ignorance of the dark ages - scarcity and high price of books 165 N. II . Superstitious opinions respecting comets and eclipses - Description of a solar eclipse , and its effects on the inhabitants of Barbary · 166 No. III . Absurdities ...
... Ignorance of the dark ages - scarcity and high price of books 165 N. II . Superstitious opinions respecting comets and eclipses - Description of a solar eclipse , and its effects on the inhabitants of Barbary · 166 No. III . Absurdities ...
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... Ignorance over the human mind . For the active powers of man necessarily follow the dictates of his under- standing , and when the intellectual faculties are not directed to the pursuit and the contempla- tion of noble and benevolent ...
... Ignorance over the human mind . For the active powers of man necessarily follow the dictates of his under- standing , and when the intellectual faculties are not directed to the pursuit and the contempla- tion of noble and benevolent ...
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... ignorance degrading to human nature . About the time of the revival of letters , after the dark ages of monkish superstition and igno- rance , the moral and intellectual state of the inhabitants of Europe began to experience a • As an ...
... ignorance degrading to human nature . About the time of the revival of letters , after the dark ages of monkish superstition and igno- rance , the moral and intellectual state of the inhabitants of Europe began to experience a • As an ...
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Page 54 - Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
Page 83 - And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
Page 123 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me ; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Page 55 - So shall it be at the end of the world : the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire : there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Page 99 - AND after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: for true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
Page 104 - Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard That the everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Fainteth not, neither is weary? There is no searching of his understanding.
Page 58 - ... backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful ; who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do. them.
Page 34 - Let all the earth fear the Lord : let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
Page 25 - ... the stage. Would an infinitely wise Being make such glorious creatures for so mean a purpose ? Can he delight in the production of such abortive intelligences, such short-lived reasonable beings ? Would he give us talents that are not to be exerted ? Capacities that are never to be gratified?
Page 25 - There is not, in my opinion, a more pleasing and triumphant consideration in religion than this of the perpetual progress which the soul makes towards the perfection of its nature, without ever arriving at a period in it.