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Page ix
... passing two memoirs through the press , that the Lent Term had nearly expired before he had time to revise his MS . for the printer . With- out any further delay it was then struck off as far as page 33 ; and he hoped to have published ...
... passing two memoirs through the press , that the Lent Term had nearly expired before he had time to revise his MS . for the printer . With- out any further delay it was then struck off as far as page 33 ; and he hoped to have published ...
Page xii
... the hands of man we are able to separate works of accident from works of design : we gain this knowledge by experience , and by reflecting on what passes within ourselves : and it is by taking Χ PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION .
... the hands of man we are able to separate works of accident from works of design : we gain this knowledge by experience , and by reflecting on what passes within ourselves : and it is by taking Χ PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION .
Page xv
... pass , that the search of the physical causes hath been neglected , and passed in silence . " . " Not because these final causes are not true , and worthy to be inquired , being kept within their own province ; but because their ...
... pass , that the search of the physical causes hath been neglected , and passed in silence . " . " Not because these final causes are not true , and worthy to be inquired , being kept within their own province ; but because their ...
Page xxi
... pass on to his system . ( 1 ) He assumes the truth of the Nebular Hypo- thesis . It is his first link in the chain of natural causes . But has this hypothesis been confirmed by the progress of discovery ? Is it passing into the con ...
... pass on to his system . ( 1 ) He assumes the truth of the Nebular Hypo- thesis . It is his first link in the chain of natural causes . But has this hypothesis been confirmed by the progress of discovery ? Is it passing into the con ...
Page xxiv
... pass that nature has pro- vided a means for the continuance of their species , and that some of them are almost incredibly prolific * ? But it was affirmed , within the last few years , that a new animal had been produced by a direct ...
... pass that nature has pro- vided a means for the continuance of their species , and that some of them are almost incredibly prolific * ? But it was affirmed , within the last few years , that a new animal had been produced by a direct ...
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Page 71 - God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; by pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left...
Page clxxii - 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 endeavor an endless progress or proficience in both.
Page 13 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Page 21 - THE FOOL hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
Page 164 - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Page ccclxxxii - THE Romish doctrine concerning purgatory, pardons, worshipping, and adoration, as well of images, as of reliques, and also invocation of saints, is a fond thing vainly invented, and grounded upon no warranty of Scripture, but rather repugnant to the word of God.
Page 142 - ... in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay there it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause; but when a man passeth on...
Page 142 - But further, it is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, that a little or superficial knowledge of philosophy may incline the mind of man to atheism, but a further proceeding therein doth bring the mind back again to religion. For in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell .and stay there it may induce some oblivion of the highest...
Page cclxxxi - Jesus: that ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts ; and be renewed in the spirit of your mind ; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour : for we are members one of another.