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... divine pro- cedure , which in its first day's work created light only and assigned to it one entire day ; on which day it produced no material work , but proceeded to that on the days following . As for those who have given the first ...
... divine pro- cedure , which in its first day's work created light only and assigned to it one entire day ; on which day it produced no material work , but proceeded to that on the days following . As for those who have given the first ...
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... divine assistance have upheld my mind both against the shocks and embattled ranks of opinion , and against my own private and inward hesitations and scruples , and against the fogs and clouds of nature , and the phantoms flitting about ...
... divine assistance have upheld my mind both against the shocks and embattled ranks of opinion , and against my own private and inward hesitations and scruples , and against the fogs and clouds of nature , and the phantoms flitting about ...
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... divine , and that from the opening of the ways of sense and the increase of natural light there may arise in our minds no incredulity or darkness with regard to the divine mysteries ; but rather that the understanding being thereby ...
... divine , and that from the opening of the ways of sense and the increase of natural light there may arise in our minds no incredulity or darkness with regard to the divine mysteries ; but rather that the understanding being thereby ...
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... Divine Goodness assisting ; out of which marriage let us hope ( and be this the prayer of the bridal song ) there may spring helps to man , and a line and race of inventions that may in some degree subdue and overcome the necessities ...
... Divine Goodness assisting ; out of which marriage let us hope ( and be this the prayer of the bridal song ) there may spring helps to man , and a line and race of inventions that may in some degree subdue and overcome the necessities ...
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... divine , but to discover and know ; who propose not to devise mimic and fabulous worlds of their own , but to examine and dissect the nature of this very world itself ; must go to facts themselves for everything . Nor can the place of ...
... divine , but to discover and know ; who propose not to devise mimic and fabulous worlds of their own , but to examine and dissect the nature of this very world itself ; must go to facts themselves for everything . Nor can the place of ...
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