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... operation of the sceptic for the eliciting of the truth . " Bradford , November 22d , 1833. " On reading the above , the author at once felt that such an appeal should be met ; and as he found that no one else was likely to take up the ...
... operation of the sceptic for the eliciting of the truth . " Bradford , November 22d , 1833. " On reading the above , the author at once felt that such an appeal should be met ; and as he found that no one else was likely to take up the ...
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... operation of religion on the mind should pow- erfully act on this law of our nature , as nothing can equal the solemnity of its truths , the grandeur of its ob- jects , and the influence which it has on the happiness of man , both here ...
... operation of religion on the mind should pow- erfully act on this law of our nature , as nothing can equal the solemnity of its truths , the grandeur of its ob- jects , and the influence which it has on the happiness of man , both here ...
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... operations of nature are performed by general laws , connecting nat- ural causes and effects in a way which may be per- ceived ; but whether these laws are not the arrange- ments of a superior and presiding power , -whether there is not ...
... operations of nature are performed by general laws , connecting nat- ural causes and effects in a way which may be per- ceived ; but whether these laws are not the arrange- ments of a superior and presiding power , -whether there is not ...
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... operation resulted from one great primitive cause- and that this original and uncaused being possesses the attributes of mind ? Does this imply a ... operations than the wildest hurricane ; by which 2 LECT . I. ] THE ARGUMENT STATED . 17.
... operation resulted from one great primitive cause- and that this original and uncaused being possesses the attributes of mind ? Does this imply a ... operations than the wildest hurricane ; by which 2 LECT . I. ] THE ARGUMENT STATED . 17.
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Benjamin Godwin. its occasiona operations than the wildest hurricane ; by which the heart beats and the thunder rolls ; which can sleep quiescent in a jar , or blaze through the wide can- opy of heaven , involving the whole world in one ...
Benjamin Godwin. its occasiona operations than the wildest hurricane ; by which the heart beats and the thunder rolls ; which can sleep quiescent in a jar , or blaze through the wide can- opy of heaven , involving the whole world in one ...
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