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Page 108
... imagination of created beings . It is very remarkable , that this opinion of God Almighty's presence in heaven , whether discover- ed by the light of nature ; or by a general tradition from our first parents , prevails among all the na ...
... imagination of created beings . It is very remarkable , that this opinion of God Almighty's presence in heaven , whether discover- ed by the light of nature ; or by a general tradition from our first parents , prevails among all the na ...
Page 109
... imagination , fo probably is the extent of it . There is light behind light , and glory within glory . How far that space may reach , in which God thus appears in perfect majefty , we cannot poffibly con- ceive . Though it is not ...
... imagination , fo probably is the extent of it . There is light behind light , and glory within glory . How far that space may reach , in which God thus appears in perfect majefty , we cannot poffibly con- ceive . Though it is not ...
Page 110
... imaginations cannot be raifed too high , when we think on a place where omnipotence and omnifcience have fo fignally ex- erted ... imagination , though it is highly probable that our other fenfes may here likewife enjoy their highest ...
... imaginations cannot be raifed too high , when we think on a place where omnipotence and omnifcience have fo fignally ex- erted ... imagination , though it is highly probable that our other fenfes may here likewife enjoy their highest ...
Page 130
... imaginations in fleep . BY Y the laft poft I received the following letter , which is built upon a thought that is new , and very well carried on ; for which reafons I fhall give it to the public without alteration , addition , or a ...
... imaginations in fleep . BY Y the laft poft I received the following letter , which is built upon a thought that is new , and very well carried on ; for which reafons I fhall give it to the public without alteration , addition , or a ...
Page 131
... had carried refentments much too far . · my I think it has been obferved in the course of your papers , how much one's happiness or misery may ⚫ depend depend upon the imagination : of which truth those strange No. 586. THE SPECTATOR .
... had carried refentments much too far . · my I think it has been obferved in the course of your papers , how much one's happiness or misery may ⚫ depend depend upon the imagination : of which truth those strange No. 586. THE SPECTATOR .
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