Institutes of Natural and Revealed Religion ...J. Johnson, 1772 - Apologetics |
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... infinite wisdom , that one day in seven is proper and fufficient for reft from la- bour , and the purposes of public worship . When we are got beyond this scripture di- rectory , all the reft is fuch will worship , as no bounds can be ...
... infinite wisdom , that one day in seven is proper and fufficient for reft from la- bour , and the purposes of public worship . When we are got beyond this scripture di- rectory , all the reft is fuch will worship , as no bounds can be ...
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... infinite fucceffion of finite beings , there will be no neceffity to admit any thing to have been uncaused . The race of men , for instance , may have been from eternity , no individual of the species be- ing much fuperior to the rest ...
... infinite fucceffion of finite beings , there will be no neceffity to admit any thing to have been uncaused . The race of men , for instance , may have been from eternity , no individual of the species be- ing much fuperior to the rest ...
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... infinite fpace ; and that , fince certain combinations of particles conftitute all bodies , and fince , in infinite time , these particles must have been com- bined in all poffible ways , the present system at length arofe , without any ...
... infinite fpace ; and that , fince certain combinations of particles conftitute all bodies , and fince , in infinite time , these particles must have been com- bined in all poffible ways , the present system at length arofe , without any ...
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... infinite space is replenished with worlds , in which the power , wifdom , and goodness of God always have been , and always will be displayed . There feems to be no difficulty in these amazing fuppofitions , except what arifes from the ...
... infinite space is replenished with worlds , in which the power , wifdom , and goodness of God always have been , and always will be displayed . There feems to be no difficulty in these amazing fuppofitions , except what arifes from the ...
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... infinite duration must have pre- ceded the present moment , and that ano- ther infinite duration must neceffarily fol- low it ; and though the former of these is continually receiving additions , which is , in our idea , the fame thing ...
... infinite duration must have pre- ceded the present moment , and that ano- ther infinite duration must neceffarily fol- low it ; and though the former of these is continually receiving additions , which is , in our idea , the fame thing ...
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