 | Olinthus Gilbert Gregory - 1802 - 590 pages
...and glorious a Being. 706". To pursue the subject in the language of Sir Isaac Niwlon : " This Being governs all things, not as the Soul of the World, but as Lord over ail ; and, on account of his dominion, he is wont to be called Lord God, or Universal Ruler.... | |
 | Louis Dutens - 1806 - 302 pages
...they could proceed only from the wisdom and power of a Being omniscient and all-powerful. This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all his creatures ; and, relative to his sovereignty, he is called the Lord God, the universal... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - Philosophy, Ancient - 1812 - 628 pages
...formed of the ineffable principle of things, surpass those of Newton. " This Being^ then, says Newton, governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as lord over all ; and on account of his dominion, he is wont to be called Lord God, or universal ruler.... | |
 | Biography - 1815 - 488 pages
...pass on to the book " De Systemate Mundi." Newton's opinion of God is well expressed by Brucker: " God governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as the Lord of the umverse. The Supreme Deity is an eternal, infinite, and absolutely perfect Being, omnipotent and omniscient:... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Astronomy - 1816 - 490 pages
...fall on each other mutually, he has placed them at immense distances from each other. " This Being governs all things, not as the Soul of the World, but as Lord over all; and, on account of his dominion, he is wont to be called Lord God, or Universal Ruler.... | |
 | Alexander Maxwell (bookseller.) - 1817 - 240 pages
...Isaac Newton's Creed, supposed to be written in imitation of the Creed of St. Athanasius. " This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but- as the Lord of the Universe ; and upon account of his dominion, he is stiled the Lord God, Supreme over all. The Supreme God is... | |
 | Johnson Grant - Dissenters, Religious - 1820 - 476 pages
...Divinity and history were to the immortal NEWTON relaxations from severer studies. " God," said he, " governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as the Lord of the universe. He is omnipresent, not virtually but substantially; for power cannot subsist without substance. A God... | |
 | Astronomy - 1820 - 200 pages
...system," he says, " of the Sun, " PJanets, Comets, and Stars, is under the domi" nion of one alone, who governs all things, " not as the soul of the world, but as the Lord " of all. God is not affected by the motion of " bodies, nor do they feel any resistance from ." his omnipresence.... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1826 - 586 pages
...the mere laws of nature ; though being once formed it may continue by those laws for many ages." " God governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord of the universe. The supreme Deity is an eternal, infinite and absolutely perfect being, omnipotent... | |
 | William Rogerson - 1828 - 482 pages
...origin in no I other way than by the purpose and command of an intelligent and powerful being. ! He governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as the Lord of the universe. He is not only God, but Lord, or Governor. We know him only by his properties and attributes, by the... | |
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This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of his dominion he is wont to be called Lord God... 
