The Spectator, Volume 8J. and R. Tonson, 1767 - English essays |
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Page 46
... infinite hoft of ftars , or , to speak more philofophically , of funs , which were then shining upon me , with thofe innumerable fets of planets or worlds , which were moving round their refpective funs ; when I ftill enlarged the idea ...
... infinite hoft of ftars , or , to speak more philofophically , of funs , which were then shining upon me , with thofe innumerable fets of planets or worlds , which were moving round their refpective funs ; when I ftill enlarged the idea ...
Page 47
... infinite power , prompt- ed by infinite goodness , with an infinite space to exert itself in , how can our imagination fet any bounds to it ? To return , therefore to my firft thought , I could not but look upon myself with fecret ...
... infinite power , prompt- ed by infinite goodness , with an infinite space to exert itself in , how can our imagination fet any bounds to it ? To return , therefore to my firft thought , I could not but look upon myself with fecret ...
Page 48
... infinite fpace as the receptacle , or rather the habitation of the Almighty : but the noblest and most exalted way of confidering this infinite fpace is that of Sir Ifaac Newton , who calls it the Senforium of the God - head . Brutes ...
... infinite fpace as the receptacle , or rather the habitation of the Almighty : but the noblest and most exalted way of confidering this infinite fpace is that of Sir Ifaac Newton , who calls it the Senforium of the God - head . Brutes ...
Page 49
... infinite space gives room to infinite knowledge , and is , as it were , an organ to omniscience . Were the foul feparate from the body , and with one glance of thought fhould ftart beyond the bounds of the creation , fhould it for ...
... infinite space gives room to infinite knowledge , and is , as it were , an organ to omniscience . Were the foul feparate from the body , and with one glance of thought fhould ftart beyond the bounds of the creation , fhould it for ...
Page 65
... infinite being to remove himself from any of his creatures ; but though he cannot withdraw his effence from us , which would argue an imperfection in him , he can withdraw from us all the joys and confola- tions of it . His prefence may ...
... infinite being to remove himself from any of his creatures ; but though he cannot withdraw his effence from us , which would argue an imperfection in him , he can withdraw from us all the joys and confola- tions of it . His prefence may ...
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