The Evidences of the Christian ReligionJ. Tonson, 1733 - 330 pages |
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Joseph Addison. abfolute certainty of a future ftate . Hu- manity , unaffifted in an extraordinary manner , must have fhaken off the pre- fent preffure , and have delivered it felf out of fuch a dreadful diftrefs , by any means that ...
Joseph Addison. abfolute certainty of a future ftate . Hu- manity , unaffifted in an extraordinary manner , must have fhaken off the pre- fent preffure , and have delivered it felf out of fuch a dreadful diftrefs , by any means that ...
Page 141
... future flate , will a rife from an enlarged contemplation of the Divine Wifdom in the government of the world , and a difcovery of the fe- cret and amazing fteps of Providence , from the beginning to the end of time . Nothing feems to ...
... future flate , will a rife from an enlarged contemplation of the Divine Wifdom in the government of the world , and a difcovery of the fe- cret and amazing fteps of Providence , from the beginning to the end of time . Nothing feems to ...
Page 150
... future ftate of rewards and punishments act very absurd- ly , if they form their opinions of a man's merit from his fucceffes . But certainly , if I thought the whole circle of our Be- ing was concluded between our births and deaths , I ...
... future ftate of rewards and punishments act very absurd- ly , if they form their opinions of a man's merit from his fucceffes . But certainly , if I thought the whole circle of our Be- ing was concluded between our births and deaths , I ...
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... future . The Sages whom I have in my eye fpeak of virtue as the most amiable thing in the world ; but at the fame time that they extol her Beauty , they take care to leffen her Portion . Such innocent crea tures are they , and fo great ...
... future . The Sages whom I have in my eye fpeak of virtue as the most amiable thing in the world ; but at the fame time that they extol her Beauty , they take care to leffen her Portion . Such innocent crea tures are they , and fo great ...
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... future ftate , would act a foolish part in being tho- roughly honest . For what reafon is there why fuch a one fhould poftpone his own private intereft or pleasure to the doing his duty ? If a Chriftian foregoes fome prefent advantage ...
... future ftate , would act a foolish part in being tho- roughly honest . For what reafon is there why fuch a one fhould poftpone his own private intereft or pleasure to the doing his duty ? If a Chriftian foregoes fome prefent advantage ...
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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...