 But can we believe a thinking being that is in a perpetual progress of improvements, and travelling on from perfection to perfection, after having just looked abroad into the works of its Creator, and made a few discoveries of his infinite goodness, wisdom,...  A Grammar of Elocution - Page 42by Rev. Samuel Wood - 1833Full view - About this book
 | New Church gen. confer - 1877 - 624 pages
...enlargements, I could imagine it might fall away insensibly, and drop at once into a state of annihilation. But can we believe a thinking being that is in a perpetual progress of improvement, and travelling on from perfection to perfection, after having just looked abroad into... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 pages
...abroad into the works of her Creator, and made a Saw discoveries of his infinite goodness, wisdonij and power, must perish at her first setting out, and in ;the very beginning of her inquiries. Man, considered only in his present state, seems seat into •the world... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1816 - 328 pages
...I could imagine she might fall away insensibly, and drop at once into a state of annihilation. But can we believe a thinking being, that is in a perpetual...perfection to perfection, after having just looked abroad MHO the works of its Creator, and made a few discoveries of his infinite goodness, wisdom, and power,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...annihilation. But can we believe i thinking being, that is in a perpetual progress of improvement, and travelling on from perfection to perfection, after having just looked abroad into the worki of its Creator, and made a few discoveries of hi« infinite goodness, wisdom, and power, must... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...I could imagine it might fall away insensibly, and drop at once into a state of annihilation. But, can we believe a thinking being, that is in a perpetual...infinite goodness, wisdom' and power, must perish at herfirst setting out, and in the? yery beginning of her enquiries ? Man, considered in his present... | |
 | Beilby Porteus - Sermons - 1817 - 474 pages
...and then drop at once into a state of annihilation. But who can believe that a thinking being, which is in a perpetual progress of improvements, and travelling on from perfection to perfection, must perish at her first setting out, and be stopped short in the very beginning of her inquiries?... | |
 | Nicolas Gouin Dufief - English language - 1817 - 594 pages
...enlargements, I could imagine it might fall away insensibly, and drop at once into a state of annihilation. But can we believe a thinking being that is in a perpetual progress of improvement, and travelling on from perfection to perfection, after having just looked abroad into... | |
 | J.-B.-C. Chaud - Theology, Doctrinal - 1817 - 528 pages
...arriving at it,... Can we believe a thinking being that is in a » perpetuai progress of improvement, and travelling on from » perfection to perfection, after having just looked abroad » in to the Works of his Creator, and made a few discoveries » of his infinite goodness, wisdom and... | |
 | Rufus W. Adams - Children's literature - 1818 - 322 pages
...could imagines she might fall away insensibly, a,ul drop at once into a state of annihilation.4 But can we believe a thinking being, that is in a perpetual...abroad into the works of its creator, and made a few discoveriesS of his infinite goodness, wisdom, ami power, must perish at h'r first setting out, and... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...has that inflection which distinguishes the species of interrogation to which it belongs. EXAMPLE. Can we believe a thinking being, that is in a perpetual...perish at her first setting out', and in the very beginning of her inquiries'? A'ofe 3.— Interrogative sentences, consisting of members in a I which... | |
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