A Treatise on the Divine System of the UniverseW.A. Wright, 1834 - 48 páginas |
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... virtues ; for they can- not but call to mind that saying of Plato , that ' the only sure prospect of the deliverance ... virtue triumphant over vice . ' Your Majesties ' protection of a System founded upon the Divine Record , upon nature ...
... virtues ; for they can- not but call to mind that saying of Plato , that ' the only sure prospect of the deliverance ... virtue triumphant over vice . ' Your Majesties ' protection of a System founded upon the Divine Record , upon nature ...
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... virtue that is in the loadstone , which is a virtue in its kind from the same Source as the virtue in the bread to nourish us ; and so he forms one great " catholic and universal cause , as as he calls it - from which " active invigo ...
... virtue that is in the loadstone , which is a virtue in its kind from the same Source as the virtue in the bread to nourish us ; and so he forms one great " catholic and universal cause , as as he calls it - from which " active invigo ...
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... virtues , whether it be the variety of roots , the bread that nourishes us , or the loadstone in which there is a peculiar power to attract , still it is — the subtle influence of that Universal Spirit , the breath of the power of God ...
... virtues , whether it be the variety of roots , the bread that nourishes us , or the loadstone in which there is a peculiar power to attract , still it is — the subtle influence of that Universal Spirit , the breath of the power of God ...
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... virtue that is contained in any part of a greater space , is to the quantity of it that is contained in an equal part of a lesser space , as the spaces . Now , as it is impossible these authors can mean to assert so gross an absurdity ...
... virtue that is contained in any part of a greater space , is to the quantity of it that is contained in an equal part of a lesser space , as the spaces . Now , as it is impossible these authors can mean to assert so gross an absurdity ...
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... virtue of his Cause proceeds , he says , from the centre in straight lines through all the surrounding space equally , and acts upon the whole substances of bodies or their trine dimensions , in different distances as the squares of the ...
... virtue of his Cause proceeds , he says , from the centre in straight lines through all the surrounding space equally , and acts upon the whole substances of bodies or their trine dimensions , in different distances as the squares of the ...
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Página xxxv - To conclude therefore, let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word or in the book of God's works ; divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both...
Página xxxv - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Página 37 - The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
Página xxxv - ... upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word or in the book of God's works; divinity or philosophy ; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both; only let men beware that they apply both to charity, and not to swelling; to use, and not to ostentation; and again, that they do not unwisely mingle or confound these learnings together.
Página 37 - Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it ; very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof. It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the most high have bended it.
Página 1 - The Lord Jesus replied, and told him the number of the spheres and heavenly bodies, as also their triangular, square, and sextile aspect; their progressive and retrograde motion; their size and several prognostications; and other things which the reason of man had never discovered.