Sturm's Reflections on the works of God (from the Germ.).Baynes and Son ... [and 25 others], 1824 - 336 páginas |
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... mind and to purify the heart : they lead the at- tentive observer through the whole creation , inform him of its stupendous works , and conduct him within the temple of the great God ; whilst they inculcate resignation to the di- vine ...
... mind and to purify the heart : they lead the at- tentive observer through the whole creation , inform him of its stupendous works , and conduct him within the temple of the great God ; whilst they inculcate resignation to the di- vine ...
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... minds an earnest desire to follow him in his strains of piety and hea- venly contemplations . He has many powerful obstacles to struggle against ; such as , the obstinate resistance of our own perverted and corrupt hearts , and the ...
... minds an earnest desire to follow him in his strains of piety and hea- venly contemplations . He has many powerful obstacles to struggle against ; such as , the obstinate resistance of our own perverted and corrupt hearts , and the ...
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... minds , fill them with absurd notions , and encourage a love of the marvellous , and a dislike to plain truth ; for ... mind and ameliorating the heart . It will be particularly useful to those whose reading is not very extensive , as ...
... minds , fill them with absurd notions , and encourage a love of the marvellous , and a dislike to plain truth ; for ... mind and ameliorating the heart . It will be particularly useful to those whose reading is not very extensive , as ...
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... Mind enlarged by contemplating God in the works of Nature 103 Unpleasant Weather 106 State of certain Birds and Animals during the Winter 107 Winds and Tempests 108 Aurora Borealis 110 Power of God displayed in the minutest Objects The ...
... Mind enlarged by contemplating God in the works of Nature 103 Unpleasant Weather 106 State of certain Birds and Animals during the Winter 107 Winds and Tempests 108 Aurora Borealis 110 Power of God displayed in the minutest Objects The ...
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... mind the great favours I have received from Heaven , for which I am not sufficiently grateful . I feel the obligation I am under to a gracious God ; who , I pray , as he has given me the means will open my heart to relieve those ...
... mind the great favours I have received from Heaven , for which I am not sufficiently grateful . I feel the obligation I am under to a gracious God ; who , I pray , as he has given me the means will open my heart to relieve those ...
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Página 270 - Who knoweth not in all these That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
Página 79 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Página 28 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Página 44 - O LORD *~* my God, thou art very great ; thou art clothed with honour and majesty : Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment : who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain...
Página 79 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Página 80 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Página 44 - And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Página 79 - And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Página 44 - Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
Página 45 - The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. 17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.