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... , by which to regulate their conduct . For example , it is a physical law , that boiling water destroys the muscular and nervous systems of This is the result purely of the constituti sun . THIS Essay would not have been presented to.
... , by which to regulate their conduct . For example , it is a physical law , that boiling water destroys the muscular and nervous systems of This is the result purely of the constituti sun . THIS Essay would not have been presented to.
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... that boiling water portion of heat indicated by 320 of Fahrenheit's destroys the muscular and nervous systems of thermometer , it freezes Os becomes solid ; when This is the result purely of the constituti ter . tion . . i ! 1 i 了! // (上.
... that boiling water portion of heat indicated by 320 of Fahrenheit's destroys the muscular and nervous systems of thermometer , it freezes Os becomes solid ; when This is the result purely of the constituti ter . tion . . i ! 1 i 了! // (上.
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... resulting from our constitution are discoverable, which are not treated of in detail in the inspired volume; the mode ... result of that faith, and be necessary evidence of its sincerity. The natural aws form no guide as to faith; but so ...
... resulting from our constitution are discoverable, which are not treated of in detail in the inspired volume; the mode ... result of that faith, and be necessary evidence of its sincerity. The natural aws form no guide as to faith; but so ...
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... ; and , when perceiv tute laws to them , by which to regulate the For example , it is a physical law , that ! destroys the muscular and nervous syst This is the result purely of the constit body , and the relation between it and heat ;
... ; and , when perceiv tute laws to them , by which to regulate the For example , it is a physical law , that ! destroys the muscular and nervous syst This is the result purely of the constit body , and the relation between it and heat ;
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... result is in harmony with them . 1. The independence of the natural laws may be illustrated thus ; -A ship floats ... resulting from diso- bedience , are calculated to enforce stricter attention and obedience to the laws , that these ...
... result is in harmony with them . 1. The independence of the natural laws may be illustrated thus ; -A ship floats ... resulting from diso- bedience , are calculated to enforce stricter attention and obedience to the laws , that these ...
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Page 33 - Scotland, but in other parts of the kingdom it is fast giving way: and it is to be hoped that the day is not far distant when...
Page 53 - Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.
Page 7 - I did acquire right to these teinds, for payment of which you are now prosecuted. The papers relating to the transaction are in the hands of Mr , a writer (or attorney), who is now retired from professional business, and resides at Inveresk, near Edinburgh. He was a person whom I employed on that occasion for a particular reason, but who never on any other occasion transacted business on my account. It is very possible...
Page 21 - For I know that in me, (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing ; for to will is present with me ; but how...
Page 4 - It implied an inconceivable severity of conviction that he had one thing to do, and that he who would do some great thing in this short life, must apply himself to the work with such a concentration of his forces, as, to idle spectators who live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity.
Page 55 - He has determined precisely the angle required ; and he found, by the most exact mensuration the subject could admit, that it is the very angle, in which the three planes in the bottom of the cell of a honey-comb do actually meet.
Page 7 - Scotland, purchased these lands from the titular, and therefore that the present prosecution was groundless. But, after an industrious search among his father's papers, an investigation of the public records, and a careful inquiry among all persons who had transacted law business for his father, no evidence could be recovered to support his defence.
Page 31 - ... the ship received. We found by the well that she made no water, and by dark she struck no more. God was merciful to us, and the tide almost miraculously fell no lower.
Page 53 - Divinity, while a God is denied. For unless this man is omnipresent, unless he is at this moment in every place in the universe, he cannot know but there may be in some place manifestations of a Deity, by which even he would be overpowered. If he does not know absolutely every agent in the universe, the one that he does not know may be God. If he is not himself the chief agent in the universe, and does not know what is so, that which is so may be God. If he is not in absolute possession of all the...