A Comparative Estimate of the Mineral and Mosaical Geologies, Volume 1J. Duncan, 1825 "Received well in religious circles, this work was severely censored as an unscientific attempt to treat the Book of Genesis as a manual of geology" - DNB. |
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... physical evidences of the same : so justly has it been remarked , that " the evidences of Religion " have advanced with the progress of true philosophy ; " and that Science , while she raises a monument to her- 66 1 self , at the same ...
... physical evidences of the same : so justly has it been remarked , that " the evidences of Religion " have advanced with the progress of true philosophy ; " and that Science , while she raises a monument to her- 66 1 self , at the same ...
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... physical knowledge which are past , such fear had a ground in reason , and might therefore claim a character of prudence . During those ages , therefore , faith found its firm ground in moral evidences only . But , that is no longer the ...
... physical knowledge which are past , such fear had a ground in reason , and might therefore claim a character of prudence . During those ages , therefore , faith found its firm ground in moral evidences only . But , that is no longer the ...
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... physical monuments universally existent and incor- porated in the globe ; then , the God of Scripture and the God of Nature are seen to be One and the Same . I ask no leave of the Philosophers or Eczetics , of whatever description , to ...
... physical monuments universally existent and incor- porated in the globe ; then , the God of Scripture and the God of Nature are seen to be One and the Same . I ask no leave of the Philosophers or Eczetics , of whatever description , to ...
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... physical probability , in the Science of the Earth ; and , what must be the nature of that prudence , which would banish them altogether from that science , and would strive to prevent the understanding from taking any cognizance of ...
... physical probability , in the Science of the Earth ; and , what must be the nature of that prudence , which would banish them altogether from that science , and would strive to prevent the understanding from taking any cognizance of ...
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... physical phenomena with the record of Scripture ; and he appears to regard every attempt to prove the connexion , as an " injudicious interference of advocacy1 . " As his motive is entitled to the greatest attention , and as his volume ...
... physical phenomena with the record of Scripture ; and he appears to regard every attempt to prove the connexion , as an " injudicious interference of advocacy1 . " As his motive is entitled to the greatest attention , and as his volume ...
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A Comparative Estimate of the Mineral and Mosaical Geologies Granville Penn Affichage du livre entier - 1822 |
A Comparative Estimate of the Mineral and Mosaical Geologies Granville Penn Affichage du livre entier - 1822 |
A Comparative Estimate of the Mineral and Mosaical Geologies, Volume 1 Granville Penn Affichage du livre entier - 1825 |
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ancient appear aqueous argument ascribe authority Bacon and Newton bone Chaos chaotic CHAPTER Comparative Estimate conclusions contemplation created Creator Critic crystallisation Cycle D'AUBUISSON day of creation denotes Divine earth effect epacts epocha equally evidence existence facts fluid formed former fourth day fragmentary geognost Geol globe gneiss granite heaven Hebrew historian Humboldt hyænas iamim igneous immediate important induction intelligence interpretation Josephus Jubilean kingdoms laws learned light Lucretius lunar matter ment mind mineral geology mineral masses mineralogy mode moral Mosaic record Moses Natural Philosophy nature neptunian neral Newton observed operation origin ossification perfect period pheno philosophy present principle produced progress racters reason record reformed philosophy relation rendered respect revealed revolution Rosenmuller sacred says Scripture secondary causes sense sensible phenomena Septuagint seventh day shew signify solar solid strata substance surface term terrestrial things three kingdoms tion true truth universal waters writer
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Page 153 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there : when He set a compass upon the face of the depth : when He established the clouds above: when He strengthened the fountains of the deep : when He gave to the sea His decree, that the waters should not pass His commandment; when He appointed the foundations of the earth : then I was by Him as one brought up with Him; and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before him: rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth; and my delights were with the sons...
Page 252 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Page 206 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament : and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 33 - All these things being considered, it seems probable to me that God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties and in such proportion to space as most conduced to the end for which he formed them...
Page 258 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat :
Page 220 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: The waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Page 142 - WHO is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man ; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
Page 257 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 209 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Page 258 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.