A treatise on the records of the Creation, and on the moral attributes of the Creator, Volume 1 |
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... acted upon as such in the com- monest occurrences in life , as well as in the highest researches of philosophy , that a regular and certain effect must be referred to the ope- * How much of the same censure is justly applicable to the ...
... acted upon as such in the com- monest occurrences in life , as well as in the highest researches of philosophy , that a regular and certain effect must be referred to the ope- * How much of the same censure is justly applicable to the ...
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... acted under a divine commission , is a species of evidence which precludes all similar cavil , and is in great measure independent of external testimony . But , before we enter more particularly on the proofs which appear to me to ...
... acted under a divine commission , is a species of evidence which precludes all similar cavil , and is in great measure independent of external testimony . But , before we enter more particularly on the proofs which appear to me to ...
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... acted under a forged com- mission . Suppose it admitted , that he consi- dered the agency of a Creator the most ra- tional belief , and that he abhorred idolatry as the parent of cruelty and abomination ; sup- pose it granted , that he ...
... acted under a forged com- mission . Suppose it admitted , that he consi- dered the agency of a Creator the most ra- tional belief , and that he abhorred idolatry as the parent of cruelty and abomination ; sup- pose it granted , that he ...
Page 90
... acted on a different plan ; he would not have appealed to the senses , the consciousness , and the memory of the people in matters where every one of them could have contradicted him . This has not been the practice of false pre ...
... acted on a different plan ; he would not have appealed to the senses , the consciousness , and the memory of the people in matters where every one of them could have contradicted him . This has not been the practice of false pre ...
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... acted upon by such a people , except on the credit of the extra- ordinary circumstances under which it pro- fesses to have been established ? -a code neither suited to the customs , nor the prejudices , nor the passions of mankind ; and ...
... acted upon by such a people , except on the credit of the extra- ordinary circumstances under which it pro- fesses to have been established ? -a code neither suited to the customs , nor the prejudices , nor the passions of mankind ; and ...
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Page 149 - Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth ; and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shall endure ; yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment ; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed : But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
Page 63 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Page 62 - Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people : for all the earth is mine : And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
Page 60 - Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever : for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
Page 212 - Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
Page 85 - Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.
Page 101 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind...
Page 83 - People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minister. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that, is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them...
Page 146 - I am the LORD, and there is none else, There is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: That they may know from the rising of the sun, And from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Page 175 - Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven...