A Series of Discourses on the Christian Revelation, Viewed in Connexion with the Modern AstronomyKirk & Mercein, 1817 - 275 páginas |
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... immensity of their distance . When we talk of hundreds of millions of miles , it is not to be listened to as incredible . For remem- ber that we are talking of those bodies which are scattered over the immensity of space , and that ...
... immensity of their distance . When we talk of hundreds of millions of miles , it is not to be listened to as incredible . For remem- ber that we are talking of those bodies which are scattered over the immensity of space , and that ...
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... immensity which surrounds it , should be the exclusive abode of life and of intelligence ? What reason to think that those mightier globes which roll in other parts of creation , and which we have discovered to be worlds in magnitude ...
... immensity which surrounds it , should be the exclusive abode of life and of intelligence ? What reason to think that those mightier globes which roll in other parts of creation , and which we have discovered to be worlds in magnitude ...
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... immensity .... in a word , because they are so many suns , each throned in the centre of his own dominions , and pouring a flood of light over his own portion of these un- limitable regions . At such an immense distance for observa ...
... immensity .... in a word , because they are so many suns , each throned in the centre of his own dominions , and pouring a flood of light over his own portion of these un- limitable regions . At such an immense distance for observa ...
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... immensity ? Our sun is only one of these luminaries , and we know that he has worlds in his train . Why should we strip the rest of this princely at- tendance ? Why may not each of them be the centre of his own system , and give light ...
... immensity ? Our sun is only one of these luminaries , and we know that he has worlds in his train . Why should we strip the rest of this princely at- tendance ? Why may not each of them be the centre of his own system , and give light ...
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... immensity with his wonders ; and travels in the greatness of his strength through the dominions of one vast and unlimited monarchy . The contemplation has no limits . If we ask the number of suns and of systems , the F unassisted eye of ...
... immensity with his wonders ; and travels in the greatness of his strength through the dominions of one vast and unlimited monarchy . The contemplation has no limits . If we ask the number of suns and of systems , the F unassisted eye of ...
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Página 263 - The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb...
Página 269 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not ; for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon...
Página 267 - Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].
Página 266 - I send thee, to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Página 266 - Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it, 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
Página 252 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Página 255 - Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens and stretched them out ; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein...
Página 254 - Thou, even thou, art LORD alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Página 267 - Be sober, be vigilant ; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour : whom resist, steadfast in the faith ; knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
Página 150 - And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the beasts and the elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.