A Discourse Concerning the Divine ProvidenceJ.R., 1715 - 452 páginas |
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... first , it is as abfurd and unreasonable to think , that the World is governed by Chance ; as to think , That it was made by Chance ; for Chance can no more govern , than it can make the World . One principal Act of Providence is to up ...
... first , it is as abfurd and unreasonable to think , that the World is governed by Chance ; as to think , That it was made by Chance ; for Chance can no more govern , than it can make the World . One principal Act of Providence is to up ...
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... first make it ; for a World that came together by Chance , and has nothing to keep it together but the Chance that made it , which is as uncertain and muta- ble as Chance is , will quickly unmake it felf . Should the Sun but change his ...
... first make it ; for a World that came together by Chance , and has nothing to keep it together but the Chance that made it , which is as uncertain and muta- ble as Chance is , will quickly unmake it felf . Should the Sun but change his ...
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... first made by a wife and powerful Being ; the con- trivance and prefervation of all things , the re- gular Motions of the Heavens , the uniform Prc- ductions of Nature , prove the World is upheld , directed , and governed by the fame ...
... first made by a wife and powerful Being ; the con- trivance and prefervation of all things , the re- gular Motions of the Heavens , the uniform Prc- ductions of Nature , prove the World is upheld , directed , and governed by the fame ...
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... first Principles and Maxims of Reason , which all Men affent to at the first Proposal , the Truth of which they fee and feel , and there is an End of all Reafon : For there can be no Reasoning without the Acknowledgment of fome firft ...
... first Principles and Maxims of Reason , which all Men affent to at the first Proposal , the Truth of which they fee and feel , and there is an End of all Reafon : For there can be no Reasoning without the Acknowledgment of fome firft ...
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William Sherlock. I begin with Preferving Providence , which commences from the first Inftant of the Crea- tion : For as foon as Creatures are made , they need a Divine Power to preferve them . For this is the ftrict Notion of ...
William Sherlock. I begin with Preferving Providence , which commences from the first Inftant of the Crea- tion : For as foon as Creatures are made , they need a Divine Power to preferve them . For this is the ftrict Notion of ...
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Página 250 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Página 7 - Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
Página 62 - I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Página 426 - For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive ; And plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Página 395 - Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress ; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Página 6 - Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his mercy ; To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
Página 136 - Righteous art Thou, O Lord, when I plead with Thee : yet let me talk with Thee of Thy judgments : wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
Página 336 - But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. 5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
Página 426 - The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Página 58 - The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.