Lectures in Defence of Divine Revelation: Delivered at the Universalist Chapel, in Providence, R. I.S. W. Wheeler, 1830 - 216 páginas |
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... universal providence hath supplied to satisfy the wants of every living thing ; and resist the conviction , that a Being infinitely wise and good has brought them into existence ? Who can reflect up- on the exquisite skill which is ...
... universal providence hath supplied to satisfy the wants of every living thing ; and resist the conviction , that a Being infinitely wise and good has brought them into existence ? Who can reflect up- on the exquisite skill which is ...
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... universal experience . Matter of fact has long since proved that mankind are short - sighted and erring mortals - that they often mistake the path of happiness , fall into acts of indiscretion , commit atrocious wickedness , destroy ...
... universal experience . Matter of fact has long since proved that mankind are short - sighted and erring mortals - that they often mistake the path of happiness , fall into acts of indiscretion , commit atrocious wickedness , destroy ...
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... universal prevalence and toleration of the most detestable vices - vices which could not but degrade the human mind , and paralize all the no- blest energies of reason and virtue , to reform the lives and morals of human society ! And ...
... universal prevalence and toleration of the most detestable vices - vices which could not but degrade the human mind , and paralize all the no- blest energies of reason and virtue , to reform the lives and morals of human society ! And ...
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... informs us that his sons observed the maxims of truth which he had received , and were , themselves , persuaded of the unity and universal government of God ; and that they practised a purer and more simple worship DIVINE REVELATION . 39.
... informs us that his sons observed the maxims of truth which he had received , and were , themselves , persuaded of the unity and universal government of God ; and that they practised a purer and more simple worship DIVINE REVELATION . 39.
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... universal history of Trogus Pompeius , which was written about half a century before the birth of Christ , speaks of the depart- ure of the Israelites from Egypt , but assigns a different cause for their exodus . This , however , does ...
... universal history of Trogus Pompeius , which was written about half a century before the birth of Christ , speaks of the depart- ure of the Israelites from Egypt , but assigns a different cause for their exodus . This , however , does ...
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Página 89 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands...
Página 122 - For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it...
Página 41 - And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul...
Página 99 - And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.
Página 18 - Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Página 136 - For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Página 140 - Now there was about this time, Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man ; for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure.
Página 205 - Is it possible that a book, at once so simple and sublime, should be merely the work of man ? Is it possible that the sacred personage, whose history it contains, should be himself a mere man...
Página 206 - Socrates peaceably philosophizing with his friends, appears the most agreeable that could be wished for ; that of Jesus, expiring in the midst of agonizing pains, abused, insulted and accused by a whole nation, is the most horrible that could be feared. Socrates in receiving the cup of poison, blessed...
Página 159 - FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word...