The Evidences of the Christian Religion: To which are Added Several Discourses Against Atheism and Infidelity, and in Defence of the Christian Revelation |
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... infinite num- ' bers and degrees of fpirits out of the reach of our ken orguefs ) , and therefore know not what tranfac- tions there were between God and 6 our Saviour , in reference to his kingdom . We know not what need ' there was to ...
... infinite num- ' bers and degrees of fpirits out of the reach of our ken orguefs ) , and therefore know not what tranfac- tions there were between God and 6 our Saviour , in reference to his kingdom . We know not what need ' there was to ...
Page 88
... infinite Being as high as it is poffible for the mind of man to go , it will fall infinitely short of what he really is . There is no end of his 6 great- greatnefs ' The most exalted creature he has made is 88 OF GOD , AND.
... infinite Being as high as it is poffible for the mind of man to go , it will fall infinitely short of what he really is . There is no end of his 6 great- greatnefs ' The most exalted creature he has made is 88 OF GOD , AND.
Page 90
... - ceit , which are apt to fhoot up in the minds of fuch whose thoughts turn more on those comparative advantages which they enjoy over fome of their fellow crea- tures , tures , than on that infinite diftance which is placed 90 OF GOD , ...
... - ceit , which are apt to fhoot up in the minds of fuch whose thoughts turn more on those comparative advantages which they enjoy over fome of their fellow crea- tures , tures , than on that infinite diftance which is placed 90 OF GOD , ...
Page 91
... infinite diftance which is placed between them and the supreme model of all perfection . It would like- wife quicken our defires and endeavours of uniting ourselves to him , by all the acts of religion and virtue . Such an habitual ...
... infinite diftance which is placed between them and the supreme model of all perfection . It would like- wife quicken our defires and endeavours of uniting ourselves to him , by all the acts of religion and virtue . Such an habitual ...
Page 94
... infinite hoft of ftars , or , to speak more philosophically , of funs , which were then fhining upon me , with those innumerable fets of pla- nets , or worlds , which were moving round their respective funs ; when I ftill enlarged the ...
... infinite hoft of ftars , or , to speak more philosophically , of funs , which were then fhining upon me , with those innumerable fets of pla- nets , or worlds , which were moving round their respective funs ; when I ftill enlarged the ...
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Page 98 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 231 - And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures?
Page 96 - We shall therefore utterly extinguish this melancholy thought, of our being overlooked by our Maker in the multiplicity of his works...
Page 137 - Such a nation might truly say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister.
Page 93 - The chasm would be imperceptible to an eye that could take in the whole compass of nature, and pass from one end of the creation to the other...
Page 294 - I have set the Lord always before me : Because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: My flesh also shall rest in hope.
Page xvii - ... there were between God and our Saviour, in reference to his kingdom. We know not what need there was to set up a head and a chieftain, in opposition to " the prince of this world, the prince of the power of the air,
Page 252 - Their sound is gone out into all lands : and their words into the ends of the world. 5 In them hath he set a tabernacle for...
Page 115 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell ; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Page 137 - THOSE who were skilful in anatomy, among the ancients, concluded, from the outward and inward make of an human body, that it was the work of a Being transcendently wise and powerful. As the world grew more enlightened in this art, their discoveries gave them fresh opportunities of admiring the conduct of Providence in the formation of a human body.