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  • Conformable to this doctrine is the sentence of our Saviour concerning the man that was born blind, in these words, "Neither hath this man sinned, nor his fathers; but that the works of God might be made manifest in him."

    Leviathan 2007

  • Conformable also to what has been said concerning the essences of the species of mixed modes, that they are the creatures of the understanding rather than the works of nature; conformable, I say, to this, we find that their names lead our thoughts to the mind, and no further.

    An Essay Concerning Human Understanding 2007

  • Conformable whereunto is also the phrase of St. Luke, that he was led into the wilderness, not by, but in the Spirit: whereas, concerning his being taken up into the mountain, and unto the pinnacle of the temple, he speaketh as St. Matthew doth, which suiteth with the nature of a vision.

    Leviathan 2007

  • Instances Conformable, or of Analogy; which I also call Parallels, or Physical Resemblances.

    The New Organon 2005

  • Conformable to the Brief of Leo XIII, "Testem benevolentiæ" of 22 Jan., 1899, ascetics insists that the so-called

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

  • Conformable with this feeling, the clergy interpolated in the offices representations of certain events in religious history.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

  • Conformable to this truth, all human, social, and political conditions were shaped and education given its form.

    History of Education Levi Seeley 1887

  • Conformable to what has been said is the verdict of the holy scripture.

    Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. VII. 1634-1716 1823

  • Conformable to my opinion is the account given by Tzetzes, who says, that Proteus resided in the [626] Pharos: by which is signified, that he was the Deity of the place.

    A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Jacob Bryant 1759

  • Conformable to this, in St. John's vision, the new

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

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