 God, and could not out of the good things that are seen, know him that is : neither by considering the works did they acknowledge the workmaster ; but deemed either fire, or wind, or the swift air, or the circle of the stars, or the violent water, or...  The Works of the Right Reverend William Warburton, D.D., Lord Bishop of ... - Page 275by William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 11 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - Islam - 1849 - 234 pages
...nature who are ignorant of God, and could not, by considering the work, acknowledge the work master; but deemed either fire, or wind, or the swift air,...the violent water, or the lights of heaven, to be gods which govern the world." Of those two faiths the Sabean, as we have before observed, was much... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1850 - 394 pages
...nature who are ignorant of God, and could not, by considering the work, acknowledge the work master ; but deemed either fire, or wind, or the swift air,...the violent water, or the lights of heaven, to be gods, which govern the world.'1 Of these two faiths the Sabcan, as we have before observed, was much... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1850 - 390 pages
...nature who are ignorant of God, and could not, by considering the work, acknowledge the work master ; but deemed either fire, or wind, or the swift air,...the violent water, or the lights of heaven, to be gods, which govern the world.1' Of these two faiths the Sabean, as we have before observed, was much... | |
 | Washington Irving - Islam - 1850 - 404 pages
...nature who are ignorant of God, and could not, by considering the work, acknowledge the work master; but deemed either fire, or wind, or the swift air,...the violent water, or the lights of heaven, to be gods, which govern the world." Of these two faiths the Sabean, as we have before observed, was much... | |
 | John Kitto - Bible - 1851 - 922 pages
...particularly in the East, has been found a source of deep and tranquil pleasure. ' Men by nature ' ' deemed either fire or wind, or the swift air, or the...of the stars, or the violent water, or the lights ot heaven, to be the gods which govern the world ;• ' with whose beauty being delighted, they tool... | |
 | Thomas Griffiths - Chemistry - 1853 - 478 pages
...and could not out of the good things that are seen know Him that is; neither by considering the works acknowledge the Workmaster. " But deemed either fire...lights of heaven to be the gods which govern the world, with whose PREFACE. V beauty, if they being delighted, took them to be gods, let them know how much... | |
 | John Kitto - Bible - 1854 - 830 pages
...particularly in the East, has been found a source of deep and tranquil pleasure. ' Men by nature ' ' deemed either fire or wind, or the swift air, or the...lights of heaven, to be the gods which govern the world ;' ' with whose beauty being delighted, they took them to be gods ' (Wisdom xiii. 2). Accordingly,... | |
 | John Kitto - Bible - 1854 - 928 pages
...particularly in the East, has been found a source of deep and tranquil pleasure. * Men by nature ' * deemed either fire or wind, or the swift air, or the circle of the stars, or the violent water, or th-i lights of heaven, to be the gods which govern the world ;' ' with whose beauty being delighted,... | |
 | Frederick William Faber - Lord's Supper - 1855 - 596 pages
...attending to the works, have acknowledged who was the workman: but have imagined either the fire, or the •wind, or the swift air, or the circle of the stars, or the great water, or the sun and moon, to be the gods that rule the world. With whose beauty if they being... | |
 | 1856 - 578 pages
...seen know him that is : neither by considering the works did they acknowledge the work• master ; But deemed either fire, or wind, or the swift air,...of heaven, to be the gods which govern the world. With whose beauty if they being delighted took them to be gods ; let them know how much better the... | |
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