Discourses on several important subjects. To which are added, 8 sermons preached at the lady Moyer's lecture, in the cathedral church of st. Paul, London, Volume 21747 |
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... Laws by which the Planets revolve ; fees every Thing regular ; then descends into himself , and finds , by furveying the World within , that Man alone is irregular and eccentric . He can account for the Ufes of Tempefts , Earthquakes ...
... Laws by which the Planets revolve ; fees every Thing regular ; then descends into himself , and finds , by furveying the World within , that Man alone is irregular and eccentric . He can account for the Ufes of Tempefts , Earthquakes ...
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... Laws . If to annex fuch Penalties be for the Good of the whole ; then what is for the Good of the whole , cannot be Injustice to any par ticular Perfon ; fince the Good of each particular Perfon is naturally and originally wrapt up in ...
... Laws . If to annex fuch Penalties be for the Good of the whole ; then what is for the Good of the whole , cannot be Injustice to any par ticular Perfon ; fince the Good of each particular Perfon is naturally and originally wrapt up in ...
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... Laws of Nature : But God never acts contrary to his ftated Laws , except upon fome extraordinary Emergency . Well then , where is the extraordinary Occafion , that the Deity should fuperfede his own Laws , and put forth an immediate Act ...
... Laws of Nature : But God never acts contrary to his ftated Laws , except upon fome extraordinary Emergency . Well then , where is the extraordinary Occafion , that the Deity should fuperfede his own Laws , and put forth an immediate Act ...
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... Laws of Nature , which he has established upon the matureft Wisdom , for the Good of the Whole ? This we Yes , fay the Objectors : For he does not love to inflict ufelefs and unavailing Mifery upon his Creatures : And it is afked , what ...
... Laws of Nature , which he has established upon the matureft Wisdom , for the Good of the Whole ? This we Yes , fay the Objectors : For he does not love to inflict ufelefs and unavailing Mifery upon his Creatures : And it is afked , what ...
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... Laws of Mechanism , than the Raifing of a dead Body from the Gravet : And the only affignable Motive , why we attribute the latter to the immediate Agency of God , and not the former ; is that the lat- ter is an unusual Operation of the ...
... Laws of Mechanism , than the Raifing of a dead Body from the Gravet : And the only affignable Motive , why we attribute the latter to the immediate Agency of God , and not the former ; is that the lat- ter is an unusual Operation of the ...
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abfolute Abfurdities againſt almoſt anſwer Apoſtles becauſe Befides bleffed Cafe Cauſe Chrift Chriftianity Confequence confider Confideration confiftent Courfe Courſe Creatures deceived defigned Defire Deity diftinct divine Doctrine eternal evil Exiſtence faid falfe Falfhood fame feem felves feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome ftand fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofe fure Glory God's Goodneſs Happineſs Heart Heaven himſelf impoffible infinite Inftance Intereft Irenæus itſelf juft juſt laft leaſt lefs Love Mankind Meaſure ment Mifery Mind Miracles moft moral moſt muft muſt Nation Nature neceffary nefs never Number obferve Occafion ourſelves Paffions Perfon Pleaſure Power prefent prove Puniſhment Reaſon Religion Saviour Scripture Senfe Senſe SERM SERM.III SERM.IV SERM.VI ſeveral ſhall Sinners Soul ſpeak Spirit ſtrong thefe themſelves theſe Things thofe thoſe thou Thoughts thouſand tion Truth ture uncon Underſtanding univerfal Vice Virtue whofe whole Wiſdom worfe World Worſhip
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Page 6 - That to whom much is given, of him much will be required.
Page 345 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Page 177 - But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, And my Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, That she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, Yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands ; Thy walls are continually before me.
Page 346 - Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces : neither could any man tame him. 5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
Page 332 - Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him...
Page 191 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive the things that God hath prepared for them that love him ;" and the eternal Father, who dwelleth in light unapproachable, no man hath seen or can see.
Page 121 - And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep. 32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
Page 144 - For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
Page 175 - Yea, the darkness is no darkness with Thee, but the night is as clear as the day : the darkness and light to Thee are both alike.