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... saith , ( for that whole tract is little subject to earthquakes , ) but by a particular deluge or inundation ; those countries having , at this day , far greater rivers and far higher moun- tains to pour down waters , than any part of ...
... saith , ( for that whole tract is little subject to earthquakes , ) but by a particular deluge or inundation ; those countries having , at this day , far greater rivers and far higher moun- tains to pour down waters , than any part of ...
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... saith it ; the man by whom thou hast breath and life speaketh the word ; The blessing of the everlasting Father , the Prince of Peace , and the Holy Dove be upon thee , and make the days of thy pilgrimage good and many . This he saith ...
... saith it ; the man by whom thou hast breath and life speaketh the word ; The blessing of the everlasting Father , the Prince of Peace , and the Holy Dove be upon thee , and make the days of thy pilgrimage good and many . This he saith ...
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Francis Bacon. and saith , laying his arm over their shoulders , they standing ; Sons , it is well ye are born , give God the praise , and persevere to the end . And withal delivereth to either of them a jewel , made in the figure of an ...
Francis Bacon. and saith , laying his arm over their shoulders , they standing ; Sons , it is well ye are born , give God the praise , and persevere to the end . And withal delivereth to either of them a jewel , made in the figure of an ...
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... saith The spirit of man is as the lamp of God , wherewith he searcheth all inwardness ; which nature of the soul the same Salomon holding precious and inestimable , and therein con- spiring with the affection of Socrates who scorned the ...
... saith The spirit of man is as the lamp of God , wherewith he searcheth all inwardness ; which nature of the soul the same Salomon holding precious and inestimable , and therein con- spiring with the affection of Socrates who scorned the ...
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... saith our Saviour , You err , not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God ; laying before us two books or volumes to study if we will be secured from error ; first the Scriptures revealing the will of God , and then the creatures ...
... saith our Saviour , You err , not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God ; laying before us two books or volumes to study if we will be secured from error ; first the Scriptures revealing the will of God , and then the creatures ...
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Page 295 - Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Page 481 - Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me : and again a little while and ye shall see me ; and, Because I go to the Father ? They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while ? we cannot tell what he saith.
Page 286 - For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby ; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.
Page 298 - Surely there is a vein for the silver, And a place for gold where they fine it. Iron is taken out of the earth, And brass is molten out of the stone.
Page 147 - But thus you see we maintain a trade, not for gold, silver, or jewels, nor for silks, nor for spices, nor any other commodity of matter, but only for God's first creature, which was light; to have light, I say, of the growth of all parts of the world.
Page 165 - Then after divers meetings and consults of our whole number, to consider of the former labours and collections, we have three that take care, out of them, to direct new experiments, of a higher light, more penetrating into nature than the former.
Page 329 - The parts of human learning have reference to the three parts of Man's Understanding, which is the seat of learning : History to his Memory, Poesy to his Imagination/ and Philosophy to his Reason.