Contriving
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(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contrive.
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The Life of Mr. James Guthrie.
... (1.) His contriving, consenting to, and exhibiting before the committee
of estates, the paper called, The western remonstrance. ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of mr james 3.htm

Other Shameful Actions Ascribed to Heathen Deities. All Prove that ...
... For not only did he commit adultery, but he deified and raised to heaven those born
of his adulteries, contriving the deification as a veil for his lawlessness ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/section 12 other shameful actions.htm

That the Present Public Resolutions, Expressed in the Commission's ...
... Before we enter upon the chief question, we offer these manifest and known truths
to consideration: (1) The occasion of contriving and subscribing first the ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/section ii that the present.htm

Correspondence of St. Chrysostom with the Bishop of Rome.
... He did not cease doing and contriving everything until, with all possible display
of arbitrary power and authority, he ejected us from the city and the church ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/correspondence of st chrysostom with 2.htm

Acts xxiii. 8-Jun
... Thus it was with Joseph: his mistress sought to ruin him: and she seemed indeed
to be contriving his ruin, but by her contriving she placed him in a state of ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xlix acts xxiii 8-jun.htm

The Observations Contained in the Preceding ChapterMake it ...
... attention. It must never be long absent from his thoughts, and he must be
contriving how to promote it, in every thing he undertakes. ...
/.../hints on extemporaneous preaching/chapter iii the observations contained.htm

2 Cor. Iii. 5
... And I shewed, either that those Expressions were designed solely to give to God
the Glory of designing and contriving the Dispensation of the Gospel, and the ...
/.../sermon xiv 2 cor iii.htm

The Necessity of Diligently Seeking the Saints' Rest.
... What contriving and caring to get a step higher in the world than their brethren,
while they neglect the kingly dignity of the saints! ...
/.../baxter/the saints everlasting rest/chapter vii the necessity of.htm

Letter ix. To Titus, Hierarch, Asking by Letter what is the House ...
... the battle of giants in Genesis, during which He is said to scheme against those
powerful and great men, and this when they were contriving the building, not ...
/.../dionysius/letters of dionysius the areopagite/letter ix to titus hierarch.htm

Criticisms on "The Origin of Species. "
... end; on the ground, that the only cause we know of, competent to produce such an
effect as a watch which shall keep time, is a contriving intelligence adapting ...
/.../huxley/lay sermons addresses and reviews/xiii criticisms on the origin.htm

Thesaurus
Contriving (1 Occurrence)
... & vb. n.) of Contrive. Multi-Version Concordance Contriving (1 Occurrence). Luke
22:2 and the High Priests and the Scribes were contriving how to destroy Him. ...
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Invention (4 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) The faculty of inventing; imaginative faculty; skill or ingenuity
in contriving anything new; as, a man of invention. 6. (n ...
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Device (17 Occurrences)
... any evil implication, as in 2 Chronicles 2:14 Acts 17:29 (of artistic work or
invention), and Ecclesiastes 9:10 (in the general sense of reasoning or contriving...
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Premeditation (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The act of meditating or contriving beforehand;
previous deliberation; forethought. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Contrived (1 Occurrence)

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Destroy (379 Occurrences)
... NAS RSV). Luke 22:2 and the High Priests and the Scribes were contriving
how to destroy Him. But they feared the people. (WEY). John ...
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Control (88 Occurrences)

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Contriving (1 Occurrence)

Luke 22:2
and the High Priests and the Scribes were contriving how to destroy Him. But they feared the people.
(WEY)

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Invention (4 Occurrences)

Device (17 Occurrences)

Premeditation (2 Occurrences)

Contrived (1 Occurrence)

Destroy (379 Occurrences)

Control (88 Occurrences)

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