A Series of Discourses on the Christian Revelation, Viewed in Connection with the Modern AstronomyJ. Smith, 1817 - 276 pàgines |
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Pàgina 21
... called the infidelity of natural science ; if pos- sible to bring over to the humility of the Gos- pel , those who expatiate with delight on the wonders and the sublimities of creation ; and to convince them that a loftier wisdom still ...
... called the infidelity of natural science ; if pos- sible to bring over to the humility of the Gos- pel , those who expatiate with delight on the wonders and the sublimities of creation ; and to convince them that a loftier wisdom still ...
Pàgina 24
... called to the exercise , and astronomy may now be looked upon as the most certain and best esta- blished of the sciences . We all know that every visible object ap- pears less in magnitude as it recedes from the eye . The lofty vessel ...
... called to the exercise , and astronomy may now be looked upon as the most certain and best esta- blished of the sciences . We all know that every visible object ap- pears less in magnitude as it recedes from the eye . The lofty vessel ...
Pàgina 28
... called the light day , and the darkness he has called night . He has said , let there be lights in the firmament of their heaven , to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs , and for seasons , and for days , and for ...
... called the light day , and the darkness he has called night . He has said , let there be lights in the firmament of their heaven , to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs , and for seasons , and for days , and for ...
Pàgina 29
... called into being merely for the amusement of a few as tronomers ? Shall we measure the counsels of heaven by the narrow impotence of the human faculties ? or conceive , that silence and soli- tude reign throughout the mighty empire of ...
... called into being merely for the amusement of a few as tronomers ? Shall we measure the counsels of heaven by the narrow impotence of the human faculties ? or conceive , that silence and soli- tude reign throughout the mighty empire of ...
Pàgina 122
... which the astronomical objection is com- monly met , the earth is not viewed as in a state of detachment from the other worlds , and the other orders of being which God has called into existence . It is looked upon as the mem- 122.
... which the astronomical objection is com- monly met , the earth is not viewed as in a state of detachment from the other worlds , and the other orders of being which God has called into existence . It is looked upon as the mem- 122.
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 267 - The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb...
Pàgina 270 - Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it, 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
Pàgina 264 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Pàgina 266 - But ye are come unto Mount Zion ; and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem ; and to an innumerable company of angels ; to the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heaven ; and to God, the Judge of all; and to the spirits of just men made perfect...
Pàgina 267 - And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer...
Pàgina 262 - Every day will I bless Thee ; And I will praise Thy name for ever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised ; And His greatness is unsearchable.
Pàgina 270 - ... feet. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power ? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart ? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
Pàgina 273 - And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Pàgina 258 - Thou, even thou, art LORD alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Pàgina 263 - But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded?