Astronomical Principles of Religion, Natural and Reveal'dGeorg Olms Verlag |
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... point in Whiston's career . Up to 1710 he had pursued a successful academic career . After 1710 , because of an act of con- science at the age of forty - three with four children to support , he was forced to move down to London and to ...
... point in Whiston's career . Up to 1710 he had pursued a successful academic career . After 1710 , because of an act of con- science at the age of forty - three with four children to support , he was forced to move down to London and to ...
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... points out that this power does not exert its force in the same way that a material agent does and so is not itself material : This Power acts upon Bod- ies equally , when they are in the most violent Bodies with us ; and the Celerity ...
... points out that this power does not exert its force in the same way that a material agent does and so is not itself material : This Power acts upon Bod- ies equally , when they are in the most violent Bodies with us ; and the Celerity ...
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... point in Part VI concerning the " Important Principles of Natural Reli- gion demonstrated from the foregoing Observation . " Having described in de- tail the Newtonian system and the ne- cessarily non - mechanical cause of the universal ...
... point in Part VI concerning the " Important Principles of Natural Reli- gion demonstrated from the foregoing Observation . " Having described in de- tail the Newtonian system and the ne- cessarily non - mechanical cause of the universal ...
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... point that Whiston writes his book and it is in his explanation of the con- nection between the two that its chief importance lies . Both natural religion and the historical religion of revelation are based on the " astronomical ...
... point that Whiston writes his book and it is in his explanation of the con- nection between the two that its chief importance lies . Both natural religion and the historical religion of revelation are based on the " astronomical ...
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... this view is the crucial point that , for Newtonians such as Whiston , the revelation of histori- cal scripture and the " Voice of Nature itself " are indeed different volumes , but ones which contain the same truth . And what 36.
... this view is the crucial point that , for Newtonians such as Whiston , the revelation of histori- cal scripture and the " Voice of Nature itself " are indeed different volumes , but ones which contain the same truth . And what 36.
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Account Æther Aftronomical againſt alfo almoft Ancient appear Atmoſpheres becauſe beſt Bodies Cafe Caufe cauſe Center Centripetal Force Comet Confequence Confideration Creatures Deluge Demonftration design argument difcover Diſtance Diurnal Diurnal Motion Divine Earth efpecially Enquiry Eternal Evidence faid fame feem feen felf felves feveral fhall fhew fhould fince firft Fixed Stars fome fometimes ftill fuch fuppofe greateſt hath Heaven Hiftory himſelf Immechanical Invifible Jewish and Chriftian juft Jupiter laft leaft lefs Light Lord Matter Meaſure Miles moft Moon moſt Motion muft muſt neceffary Neceffity Newton Newtonian Number Obfervations Occafion Oppofition Orbits Parallax Phænomena Philofophers Planets Pofition Power of Gravity prefent Proportion Purpoſe Reafon reft Reveal'd revolve Sacred Saturn Scripture Senfe ſhall Soul Supreme Syftem thee thefe themſelves theſe Things thofe thoſe thou tion tonian Truth tural underſtand Univerſe unto vaft vaftly Velocity vifible Weft whatſoever Whiston whofe whole William Whiston Wiſdom World
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Page 158 - He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Page 159 - And unto man he said, Behold, The fear of the LORD, that is wisdom ; And to depart from evil is understanding.
Page 300 - For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
Page xxxi - Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ! for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Page 164 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance ? Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
Page 159 - Lo, these are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him?
Page viii - Behold, I have done according to thy words : lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart, so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
Page xxxii - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.