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Page 15
... mankind , combine to obscure the vestiges of the shocks which our planet has experienced ; as a fair skin and ornamental attire conceal internal fractures and disorganizations in the human frame : to the eye of the contempla- tive ...
... mankind , combine to obscure the vestiges of the shocks which our planet has experienced ; as a fair skin and ornamental attire conceal internal fractures and disorganizations in the human frame : to the eye of the contempla- tive ...
Page 60
... mankind had offended their Creator , by transgression of his laws , and had brought upon themselves penal consequences of disobedience . For other suppositions , abstractedly capable of being assigned for the subversion of an inhabit ...
... mankind had offended their Creator , by transgression of his laws , and had brought upon themselves penal consequences of disobedience . For other suppositions , abstractedly capable of being assigned for the subversion of an inhabit ...
Page 62
... mankind might en- sue , when destruction had finished its work ; it may be replied , first , that the other alternative , the supposition , that some individuals were spared , is , at least , equally probable to natural reason ...
... mankind might en- sue , when destruction had finished its work ; it may be replied , first , that the other alternative , the supposition , that some individuals were spared , is , at least , equally probable to natural reason ...
Page 78
... a place of residence for mankind , after the penal Deluge , a mercy . The term is relevant . For Natural Theology could not know whether the taint of rebellious principles might not adhere to the nature of the restored inhabitants 78.
... a place of residence for mankind , after the penal Deluge , a mercy . The term is relevant . For Natural Theology could not know whether the taint of rebellious principles might not adhere to the nature of the restored inhabitants 78.
Page 82
... father to son , in suc- cessive generations of descent from the indi- viduals who were preserved amidst the destruc- tion of mankind , and is still manifesting its ves- ב tiges , is still bearing witness to the truth 82.
... father to son , in suc- cessive generations of descent from the indi- viduals who were preserved amidst the destruc- tion of mankind , and is still manifesting its ves- ב tiges , is still bearing witness to the truth 82.
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Page 238 - I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so ; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
Page 120 - If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men ; then the Lord hath not sent me. But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit ; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
Page 239 - For of a truth, against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together, for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
Page 252 - For scarcely for a righteous man will one die ; yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Page 154 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat :
Page 65 - All the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 139 - And the Lord God having formed out of the ground all the beasts of the earth, and all the fowls of the air, brought them to Adam to see what he would call them: for whatsoever Adam called any living creature the same is its name.
Page 154 - ... and God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat...