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... fpeak with the Queen , on fome Matters that " Could not well be committed to Writing . " However , before he could obtain this Permiffion , he followed the Court to Bar - le - duc in Lorrain , where a Feaft was celebrated in Honour of ...
... fpeak with the Queen , on fome Matters that " Could not well be committed to Writing . " However , before he could obtain this Permiffion , he followed the Court to Bar - le - duc in Lorrain , where a Feaft was celebrated in Honour of ...
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... fpeak out , of Free - thinking . " It muft , he fays , be fo for " many Reasons . Superftition is an unreasonable Terror , arifing from a falfe Idea of the Divine Nature . This cannot come from God ; he is the Father and Fountain of ...
... fpeak out , of Free - thinking . " It muft , he fays , be fo for " many Reasons . Superftition is an unreasonable Terror , arifing from a falfe Idea of the Divine Nature . This cannot come from God ; he is the Father and Fountain of ...
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... fpeak any thing of this Matter , " look directly the other way , and point at a dif- " ferent Seafon of Retribution or Reward . The laft " Day , the Day of the Resurrection and final Judg- CK ment , and the Day of Chrift's fecond Coming ...
... fpeak any thing of this Matter , " look directly the other way , and point at a dif- " ferent Seafon of Retribution or Reward . The laft " Day , the Day of the Resurrection and final Judg- CK ment , and the Day of Chrift's fecond Coming ...
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... fpeak be- fore him , did not in the leaft footh and flatter him in his Vices , but reafoned before him concerning Righteousness and Temperance , or ( as the Words δικαιωσύνης and έγρατείας in the Original feem ra- ther to imply ) of ...
... fpeak be- fore him , did not in the leaft footh and flatter him in his Vices , but reafoned before him concerning Righteousness and Temperance , or ( as the Words δικαιωσύνης and έγρατείας in the Original feem ra- ther to imply ) of ...
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... fpeak the Truth ; the Spirits of fuch Men are feldom in a proper Fitness , or Direction to pro- duce fine and appofite Reafonings , with reference to any other Subject than that which ingroffes their whole Attention ; for as the Culture ...
... fpeak the Truth ; the Spirits of fuch Men are feldom in a proper Fitness , or Direction to pro- duce fine and appofite Reafonings , with reference to any other Subject than that which ingroffes their whole Attention ; for as the Culture ...
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Page 66 - I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
Page 67 - And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit ; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare : for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
Page 63 - Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens fhall pafs away with a great noife, and the elements fhall melt with fervent heat, the earth alfo and the works that are therein (hall fee burnt up.
Page 147 - And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, "If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
Page 146 - And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
Page 196 - God, the immortality of the soul, and a future state of rewards and punishments have been esteemed useful engines of government.
Page 9 - Yet cannot stay their lewd rebellious hands ; But suffering, lo, foul treason to distain Their wretched minds, forget their loyal heart, Reject all truth, and rise against their prince. A ruthful case, that those, whom duty's bond...
Page 431 - Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded. In a Series of Familiar Letters from a beautiful Young Damsel, to her Parents. Now first published in order to cultivate the Principles of Virtue and Religion in the Minds of the Youth of both Sexes. A Narrative which has its Foundation in Truth and Nature; and at the same time that it agreeably entertains, by a Variety of Curious and affecting Incidents, is entirely divested of all those Images, which, in too many Pieces calculated for Amusement only, tend to inflame...
Page 65 - Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
Page 87 - Jcandalum magnatum was begot, No matter if the great forgave or not : But if that honeft licence now you take, If into rogues omnipotent you rake, Death is your doom, impail'd upon a...