Institutes of natural and revealed religion. To which is prefixed, An essay on the best method of communicating religious knowledge to the members of Christian societies, Volume 2printed in the year, 1794 |
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... live unmolested among them . I would obferve , however , that the order to exterminate utterly in the cafe of the Canaanites ; though expreffed in abfolute terms , is fuppofed by fome to have been conditional in fact , and that their lives ...
... live unmolested among them . I would obferve , however , that the order to exterminate utterly in the cafe of the Canaanites ; though expreffed in abfolute terms , is fuppofed by fome to have been conditional in fact , and that their lives ...
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... lives of the Antediluvians , and the gigantic fta- ture of fome of the inhabitants of Paleftine , may be eafily paffed without any anfwer ; because there- is no contradiction in fuppofing it to be true , nor is it fo very improbable ...
... lives of the Antediluvians , and the gigantic fta- ture of fome of the inhabitants of Paleftine , may be eafily paffed without any anfwer ; because there- is no contradiction in fuppofing it to be true , nor is it fo very improbable ...
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... the fubject , or indeed have a fufficient stock of knowledge to examine it with proper attention , but they are also known to be , in general , general , men of profligate lives and characters ; and The Evidences of Revelation . 47.
... the fubject , or indeed have a fufficient stock of knowledge to examine it with proper attention , but they are also known to be , in general , general , men of profligate lives and characters ; and The Evidences of Revelation . 47.
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Joseph Priestley. general , men of profligate lives and characters ; and furely it cannot weigh much , with reasonable and thinking men , that a thing is not believed by thofe who are fo circumftanced , that they must neceffarily be ...
Joseph Priestley. general , men of profligate lives and characters ; and furely it cannot weigh much , with reasonable and thinking men , that a thing is not believed by thofe who are fo circumftanced , that they must neceffarily be ...
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... lives and converfation . When these things are duly confidered , I hope that the prefent ftate of the belief of chriftianity will afford no just foundation for any objection to it , but that it will rather fupply an argument in . favour ...
... lives and converfation . When these things are duly confidered , I hope that the prefent ftate of the belief of chriftianity will afford no just foundation for any objection to it , but that it will rather fupply an argument in . favour ...
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Page 135 - For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) 6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 223 - And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them...
Page 312 - And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image ; these both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Page 311 - And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations : and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Page 168 - The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he delighteth in his way. "Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.
Page 154 - Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods : yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
Page 182 - All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Page 205 - No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us.
Page 311 - And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse ; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns ; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood : and his name is called The Word of God.
Page 144 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?