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... evidence to revealed religion . They have broken the arms of the sceptic ; and , when we ponder over the great events which they proclaim , the mighty revolutions which they indicate , the wrecks of successive creations which they ...
... evidence to revealed religion . They have broken the arms of the sceptic ; and , when we ponder over the great events which they proclaim , the mighty revolutions which they indicate , the wrecks of successive creations which they ...
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... Evidence . The world . The SUPREME BEING . Accountable- ness . Authority of Scripture . Necessity of ascertaining its genuine sense . Danger of presumption . Citations from Christian Philosophers . LECTURE II . Page 26 . DEUTERONOMY ...
... Evidence . The world . The SUPREME BEING . Accountable- ness . Authority of Scripture . Necessity of ascertaining its genuine sense . Danger of presumption . Citations from Christian Philosophers . LECTURE II . Page 26 . DEUTERONOMY ...
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... Evidence from phænomena in Auvergne and Languedoc . The quantity of water requisite for a deluge geographically universal . The effect of such an addition to the bulk of the earth . The reception of animals in the ark . Estimated number ...
... Evidence from phænomena in Auvergne and Languedoc . The quantity of water requisite for a deluge geographically universal . The effect of such an addition to the bulk of the earth . The reception of animals in the ark . Estimated number ...
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... Evidence derived from Astronomy to the Extent and Antiquity of the Universe PAGE . 251 264 . B b , referred to at page 34 . On the Thickness of the Solid Crust of the Earth . . 269 C , referred to at page 43 . On the Number of Species ...
... Evidence derived from Astronomy to the Extent and Antiquity of the Universe PAGE . 251 264 . B b , referred to at page 34 . On the Thickness of the Solid Crust of the Earth . . 269 C , referred to at page 43 . On the Number of Species ...
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... evidence , of the geological conditions of Europe generally ; of large districts in North and South America , India and Central and Western Asia ; and of some portions of Africa , Australia , and the Isles of the Pacific Ocean . It may ...
... evidence , of the geological conditions of Europe generally ; of large districts in North and South America , India and Central and Western Asia ; and of some portions of Africa , Australia , and the Isles of the Pacific Ocean . It may ...
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Page 73 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 179 - And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people ; now, therefore, let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them ; and I will make of thee a great nation.
Page 177 - For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
Page 190 - There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured : coals were kindled by it.
Page 301 - And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: And I will declare thy greatness. They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, And shall sing of thy righteousness.
Page 74 - And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
Page 177 - Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still : therefore my bowels are troubled for him ; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.
Page 204 - And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.
Page 178 - And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Page 74 - And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. And God spake unto Noah, saying, Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons