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" We know him only by his most wise and excellent contrivances of things, and final causes; we admire him for his perfections; but we reverence and adore him on account of his dominion: for we adore him as his servants; and a god without dominion, providence,... "
Elementary algebra: with brief notices of its history - Page 30
by Robert Potts - 1879
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The Science of Life; Or, Animal and Vegetable Biology

Joseph Henry Wythe - Biology - 1880 - 314 pages
...contrivances of things and final causes; we admire him for his perfections ; but we reverence aid .idore him on account of his dominion : for we adore him...final causes, is nothing else but Fate and Nature. lilind metaphysical necessity, which is certainly the same always and every-where, could produce no...
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The Science of Life; Or, Animal and Vegetable Biology

Joseph Henry Wythe - Biology - 1880 - 310 pages
...contrivances of things and final causes ; we admire him for his perfections ; but we reverence a id adore him on account of his dominion : for we adore...dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else hut Fate and Nature. Blind metaphysical necessity, which is certainly the same always and every-where,...
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The Science of Life; Or, Animal and Vegetable Biology

Joseph Henry Wythe - Biology - 1880 - 308 pages
...contrivances of things and final causes; we adnrre him for his perfections ; but we reverence and .ulore him on account of his dominion : for we adore him...dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else Imt Fate and Nature. Dlind metaphysical necessity, which is certainly the same always and every-where,...
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Isms Old and New: Winter Sunday Evening Sermon-series for 1880-81 Delivered ...

George Claude Lorimer - Baptists - 1881 - 388 pages
...his most wise and excellent contrivance of things and final causes, we adore Him for his perfection; but we reverence and adore Him on account of his dominion....final causes is nothing else but Fate and Nature." Evidently he did not regard faith in the personal oversight and rulership of the Almighty as subversive...
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Creation Centred in Christ, Volume 1

Henry Grattan Guinness - Astronomy - 1896 - 586 pages
...we know not. . . . We know Him only by His most wise and excellent contrivances of things, and final causes. We admire Him for His perfections ; but we...His dominion ; for we adore Him as His servants." In Newton's epitaph is the following memorable description of his character and work : " An assiduous,...
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Scientific Aspects of Christian Evidences: Xi, 362 P. 7 Il. D.

George Frederick Wright - Christianity - 1897 - 396 pages
...substance of God. We know him only by his most wise and excellent contrivances of things and final causes ; we admire him for his perfections, but we...and a god without dominion, providence, and final cause is nothing else but Fate and Nature. Blind metaphysical necessity, which is certainly the same...
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The Myths of Plato

Plato - Cambridge Platonists - 1905 - 560 pages
...; but we adore and worship Him on account of His Dominion. For we worship Him as His servants ; and God without Dominion, Providence, and Final Causes, is nothing else but Fate and Nature. There arises no Variety in Things from blind metaphysical necessity, which is always and everywhere...
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The Monist, Volume 24

Paul Carus - Electronic journals - 1914 - 666 pages
...end of the last paragraph but two now ready to be printed off,6 I desire you to add after the words : 'a God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature' these words: 'And thus much concerning God; to discourse of whom from the appearances of things does...
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The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science: A Historical and ...

Edwin Arthur Burtt - History - 1925 - 382 pages
...most perfect. . . We know him only by his most wise and excellent contrivances of things, and final causes ; we admire him for his perfections ; but we...final causes, is nothing else but Fate and Nature. . . . And thus much concerning God ; to discourse of whom from the appearances of things does certainly...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 39

American essays - 1877 - 802 pages
...commanding genius, is certainly a pseudidea, nnd really unthinkable. In the weighty words of Newtou, ' Blind necessity, which is certainly the same always and everywhere, could produce no variety of things.' " The arguments which Professor Birks employs against the Spcuceria.il theory of differentiation, and...
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