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... confider them fo far as to know what he himself or others precisely mean by them I have therefore in moft places chofe to put de- terminate or determined , instead of clear and distinct , as more likely to direct men's thoughts to my ...
... confider them fo far as to know what he himself or others precisely mean by them I have therefore in moft places chofe to put de- terminate or determined , instead of clear and distinct , as more likely to direct men's thoughts to my ...
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... confider the difcerning faculties of a man , as they are employed about the objects , which they have to do with : And I fhall imagine I have not wholly mifemployed myself in the thoughts I fhall have on this occafion , if , in this ...
... confider the difcerning faculties of a man , as they are employed about the objects , which they have to do with : And I fhall imagine I have not wholly mifemployed myself in the thoughts I fhall have on this occafion , if , in this ...
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... confider- ing what thefe objects of the mind , in thinking , are ; whence they come ; what use the mind makes of them , in its feveral ways of thinking ; and what are the outward marks whereby it fignifies them to others , or re- cords ...
... confider- ing what thefe objects of the mind , in thinking , are ; whence they come ; what use the mind makes of them , in its feveral ways of thinking ; and what are the outward marks whereby it fignifies them to others , or re- cords ...
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... confider the law - giver that prefcribed these rules , nor the hell that he has ordained for the punishment of those that trangrefs them . § . 7. For , if we will not in civility allow too much fincerity to the profeffions of moft men ...
... confider the law - giver that prefcribed these rules , nor the hell that he has ordained for the punishment of those that trangrefs them . § . 7. For , if we will not in civility allow too much fincerity to the profeffions of moft men ...
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... confider this propofition as to its meaning ( for it is the fenfe , and not found , that is , and must be the principle or common notion ) viz . " virtue is the best worship of God ; " i . e . is moft acceptable to him ; which if virtue ...
... confider this propofition as to its meaning ( for it is the fenfe , and not found , that is , and must be the principle or common notion ) viz . " virtue is the best worship of God ; " i . e . is moft acceptable to him ; which if virtue ...
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