A Series of Discourses on the Christian RevelationJ. Smith and son, 1817 - 275 pagini |
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Pagina 26
... universe . Now , what is the fair and obvious presump- tion ? The world in which we live , is a round ball of a determined magnitude , and occupies its own place in the firmament . But , when we ex- plore the unlimited tracts of that ...
... universe . Now , what is the fair and obvious presump- tion ? The world in which we live , is a round ball of a determined magnitude , and occupies its own place in the firmament . But , when we ex- plore the unlimited tracts of that ...
Pagina 27
... universe ? What though , from this remote point of observation , we can see nothing but the naked roundness of yon planetary orbs ? Are we therefore to say , that they are so many vast and unpeopled solitudes ; that desolation reigns in ...
... universe ? What though , from this remote point of observation , we can see nothing but the naked roundness of yon planetary orbs ? Are we therefore to say , that they are so many vast and unpeopled solitudes ; that desolation reigns in ...
Pagina 33
... star which had ceased from its twinkling . We should feel a sentiment of modesty at this hu- miliating but just representation . We should learn not to look on our earth as the universe C of God , but as one paltry and insignificant por 33.
... star which had ceased from its twinkling . We should feel a sentiment of modesty at this hu- miliating but just representation . We should learn not to look on our earth as the universe C of God , but as one paltry and insignificant por 33.
Pagina 35
... universe ? Are they only made to shed a feeble glimmering over this little spot in the kingdom of nature ? or do they serve a purpose worthier of themselves , to light up other worlds , and give animation to other systems ? The first ...
... universe ? Are they only made to shed a feeble glimmering over this little spot in the kingdom of nature ? or do they serve a purpose worthier of themselves , to light up other worlds , and give animation to other systems ? The first ...
Pagina 41
... universe , where each shining point presents us with a sun , and each sun with a system of worlds - where the Divinity reigns in all the grandeur of his high attributes - where he peoples immensity with his wonders ; and travels in the ...
... universe , where each shining point presents us with a sun , and each sun with a system of worlds - where the Divinity reigns in all the grandeur of his high attributes - where he peoples immensity with his wonders ; and travels in the ...
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Pagina 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.
Pagina 265 - Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath : for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner : but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
Pagina 264 - And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven : and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it...
Pagina 271 - Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].
Pagina 274 - Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Pagina 256 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Pagina 270 - I send thee, to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Pagina 266 - The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness : but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 150 - And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the beasts and the elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.