The semi-sceptic; or, The common sense of religion considered |
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... earth alone ; but when all shall have their prospects plain , and shall find the secrets of truth unveiled on every side - it is the day we hope shall beam upon us , when the misty uncertain- ties of the present hour shall have passed ...
... earth alone ; but when all shall have their prospects plain , and shall find the secrets of truth unveiled on every side - it is the day we hope shall beam upon us , when the misty uncertain- ties of the present hour shall have passed ...
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... earth , the air , the water , with their fruit- fulness : while we see the ranks of larger beings generate a less numerous progeny in proportion as fewer of their number are likely to be preyed upon . All this is contrived pur- posely ...
... earth , the air , the water , with their fruit- fulness : while we see the ranks of larger beings generate a less numerous progeny in proportion as fewer of their number are likely to be preyed upon . All this is contrived pur- posely ...
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... earth ; that there be just men , unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked ; again , there be wicked men , to whom it hap- peneth according to the work of the righteous . " Ecclesiastes viii . 11-14 . 81 CHAPTER III ...
... earth ; that there be just men , unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked ; again , there be wicked men , to whom it hap- peneth according to the work of the righteous . " Ecclesiastes viii . 11-14 . 81 CHAPTER III ...
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... earth , from which he has no power to swerve even for an instant . ' On these grounds then he lays down the doctrine of fatalism , and in order to strengthen his posi- tion becomes , somewhat abruptly it must be confessed , the champion ...
... earth , from which he has no power to swerve even for an instant . ' On these grounds then he lays down the doctrine of fatalism , and in order to strengthen his posi- tion becomes , somewhat abruptly it must be confessed , the champion ...
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... earth , from which he could not swerve even · for an instant . Why then does he recommend men to make a choice if they have no power of choice left to them ? -But the fact is that this recommendation was wanted , in order to enable ...
... earth , from which he could not swerve even · for an instant . Why then does he recommend men to make a choice if they have no power of choice left to them ? -But the fact is that this recommendation was wanted , in order to enable ...
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Page 80 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily , therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Page 289 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 36 - And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
Page 267 - THAT which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled of the word of life ; (for the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal life which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us...
Page 290 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Page 151 - There wanted yet the master-work, the end Of all yet done; a creature, who, not prone • And brute as other creatures, but endued With sanctity of reason, might erect His stature, and upright with front serene Govern the rest, self-knowing; and from thence Magnanimous to correspond with Heaven...
Page 43 - Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man ? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me...
Page 37 - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Page 322 - European friends, that the superstitious practices which deform the Hindoo religion have nothing to do with the pure spirit of its dictates!
Page 289 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth : and it was so.