Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 18, Part 2Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 423
... preferved , by ftudying bo- dies or inflitutes of theology ; and though we have mentioned a few generally approved by two rival fects of Chriftians , and muft , in conformity with the plan of our work , give another ourselves , we do ...
... preferved , by ftudying bo- dies or inflitutes of theology ; and though we have mentioned a few generally approved by two rival fects of Chriftians , and muft , in conformity with the plan of our work , give another ourselves , we do ...
Page 425
... preferved and continued by the old ways . " It appears , laftly , beyond difpute , that in the parts and model of the world there is a contrivance for accomplish- ing certain ends . The fun is placed near the centre of our fyftem , for ...
... preferved and continued by the old ways . " It appears , laftly , beyond difpute , that in the parts and model of the world there is a contrivance for accomplish- ing certain ends . The fun is placed near the centre of our fyftem , for ...
Page 426
... preferved and the fpecies is continued by obeying the impulfe of appetites ; But it is not from fenfation only that we may infer the benevolence of the Deity : He has formed us with minds capable of intellectual improvement , and he has ...
... preferved and the fpecies is continued by obeying the impulfe of appetites ; But it is not from fenfation only that we may infer the benevolence of the Deity : He has formed us with minds capable of intellectual improvement , and he has ...
Page 429
... preferved ( fo far as it is preferved ) by national forms and habits of religion , men would foon lofe it all , run wild , prey upon one another , and do what elfe the worst of fa vages do . " 43 Thefe are in themselves just ...
... preferved ( fo far as it is preferved ) by national forms and habits of religion , men would foon lofe it all , run wild , prey upon one another , and do what elfe the worst of fa vages do . " 43 Thefe are in themselves just ...
Page 439
... preferved from falling upon fome of the planets in the fame fyftem , and the feveral fy ftems from falling upon each other ; had he taken into the account that there are yet greater things than these , and " that we have seen but a few ...
... preferved from falling upon fome of the planets in the fame fyftem , and the feveral fy ftems from falling upon each other ; had he taken into the account that there are yet greater things than these , and " that we have seen but a few ...
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Page 459 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 481 - ... far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come. And hath put all things under his feet : and gave him to be the head over all things, to the church, which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all...
Page 474 - For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Page 465 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Page 440 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 446 - Here grows the cure of all, this fruit divine, Fair to the eye, inviting to the taste, Of virtue to make wise: What hinders then To reach, and feed at once both body and mind ? So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat!
Page 504 - He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks always as a man of genius; he looks round on Nature and on Life with the eye which Nature bestows only on a poet, the eye that distinguishes in...
Page 449 - For if by one man's offence death reigned by one, much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.
Page 443 - And every plant of the field before it was in the earth and every herb of the field before it grew for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth and there was not a man to till the ground...
Page 484 - For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; To another faith by the same spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers (Le. various) kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.