Prospect: Or, View of the Moral World, Volume 1E. Palmer, 1803 - Christianity |
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Page 204
... fenfe of gratitude towards the author of our being ; and hence arofe my first idea of the worship due to a beneficent Deity . I adore the fupreme power , and melt into tenderness at his good- nefs . I have no need to be taught ...
... fenfe of gratitude towards the author of our being ; and hence arofe my first idea of the worship due to a beneficent Deity . I adore the fupreme power , and melt into tenderness at his good- nefs . I have no need to be taught ...
Page 205
... fenfe , the tyranny of the paffions , and exciting thefe to counteract every no- ble and generous fentiment infpired by the former . When I perceive myfelf hurried away by two fuch con- trary powers , I naturally concluded that man is ...
... fenfe , the tyranny of the paffions , and exciting thefe to counteract every no- ble and generous fentiment infpired by the former . When I perceive myfelf hurried away by two fuch con- trary powers , I naturally concluded that man is ...
Page 215
... fenfe of my own , and the understanding is known no better . When I am asked , what is the cause that deter- mines my will ? I ask in my turn , what is the cause that determines my judgement ? for it is clear that these two caufes make ...
... fenfe of my own , and the understanding is known no better . When I am asked , what is the cause that deter- mines my will ? I ask in my turn , what is the cause that determines my judgement ? for it is clear that these two caufes make ...
Page 227
... fenfe of mankind . But here it will be faid by believers that the power of God was mani . fest ; for it feems by the account that the magicians fail- ed in their efforts to bring forth lice . Perhaps this was .. owing to the want of ...
... fenfe of mankind . But here it will be faid by believers that the power of God was mani . fest ; for it feems by the account that the magicians fail- ed in their efforts to bring forth lice . Perhaps this was .. owing to the want of ...
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... fenfe , we shall enjoy the contemplation of the Supreme Being , and those eternal truths of which he is the whole fource ; when the beauty of the natural order of things shall strike all the faculties of the foul ; and when we shall be ...
... fenfe , we shall enjoy the contemplation of the Supreme Being , and those eternal truths of which he is the whole fource ; when the beauty of the natural order of things shall strike all the faculties of the foul ; and when we shall be ...
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Page 122 - I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
Page 126 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 149 - Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. 5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs crying, and cutting himself with stones.
Page 126 - So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
Page 105 - And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud : And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh ; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Page 149 - And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
Page 132 - THIS is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam; in the day when they were created.
Page 143 - And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him. And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
Page 97 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 105 - And God said,' This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations. I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.