Eight Sermons, Preached at the Hon. Robert Boyle's Lecture, in the Year MDCXCII. To which are Added, Three Sermons on Different Occasions |
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... confiderable time to furvey the then moun- tainous bulk of our own bodies . Such a faculty of fight , fo difproportioned to our other fenfes and to the objects about us , would be very little better than blindness itself . And again ...
... confiderable time to furvey the then moun- tainous bulk of our own bodies . Such a faculty of fight , fo difproportioned to our other fenfes and to the objects about us , would be very little better than blindness itself . And again ...
Page 111
... confiderable . First then , I take it for granted by him , that there were the fame laws of motion , and the like general fabric of the earth , sea , and atmosphere , at the beginning of mankind , as there are at this day . For if any ...
... confiderable . First then , I take it for granted by him , that there were the fame laws of motion , and the like general fabric of the earth , sea , and atmosphere , at the beginning of mankind , as there are at this day . For if any ...
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... confiderable and noble part of the naturally known and visible creation ; fo they do the most clearly and cogently demonstrate to phi- lofophical enquirers the neceffary self - existence , and omnipotent power , and unfearchable wif ...
... confiderable and noble part of the naturally known and visible creation ; fo they do the most clearly and cogently demonstrate to phi- lofophical enquirers the neceffary self - existence , and omnipotent power , and unfearchable wif ...
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... it is formed . ( 1. ) The most confiderable phænomenon be- longing to terrestrial bodies is the general action of gravitation , whereby all known bodies P 3 . bodies in the vicinity of the earth do tend and Serm . VII . 213 of Atheism .
... it is formed . ( 1. ) The most confiderable phænomenon be- longing to terrestrial bodies is the general action of gravitation , whereby all known bodies P 3 . bodies in the vicinity of the earth do tend and Serm . VII . 213 of Atheism .
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... confiderable ones do occur , ) may preserve the fame velocity which the firft impulse impreffed upon them , not only for five or fix thousand years , but many millions of millions . It ap- pears then , that if there was but one vaft fun ...
... confiderable ones do occur , ) may preserve the fame velocity which the firft impulse impreffed upon them , not only for five or fix thousand years , but many millions of millions . It ap- pears then , that if there was but one vaft fun ...
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