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... Eternity determin'd to create the World , and there- fore there neither was any thing , nor can any thing be concei + ved before that Determination ; and therefore he might always fee fomething better in Virtue than Vice . But 2dly , We ...
... Eternity determin'd to create the World , and there- fore there neither was any thing , nor can any thing be concei + ved before that Determination ; and therefore he might always fee fomething better in Virtue than Vice . But 2dly , We ...
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... Eternity God had in his Mind the Ideas of all things , which coud poflibly exit either feparately or all toge . ther . He faw that feveral Systems of Beings might be created , the refult of which wou'd be feveral Kinds and Degrees of ...
... Eternity God had in his Mind the Ideas of all things , which coud poflibly exit either feparately or all toge . ther . He faw that feveral Systems of Beings might be created , the refult of which wou'd be feveral Kinds and Degrees of ...
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... Eternity . And as the only means of engaging the good will of all our fellow Creatures with whom we are or may be concern'd , is the manifefting a Difpofition to promote their Happiness ; which is at the fame time complying with the ...
... Eternity . And as the only means of engaging the good will of all our fellow Creatures with whom we are or may be concern'd , is the manifefting a Difpofition to promote their Happiness ; which is at the fame time complying with the ...
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... Eternity ; and must will or reject them all by one fimple Act . If therefore he determin'd to create Man , he muft alfo be fuppofed to will that he should confift of a Soul and Body , that he should be furnish'd with Reafon and Senfes ...
... Eternity ; and must will or reject them all by one fimple Act . If therefore he determin'd to create Man , he muft alfo be fuppofed to will that he should confift of a Soul and Body , that he should be furnish'd with Reafon and Senfes ...
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... Eternity , and he on- ly can comprehend what influence any action may have on that Syflem in infinite Ages . It has been fhewn that there is a Community and Connection amongst them all , and each is or may be affected with what his ...
... Eternity , and he on- ly can comprehend what influence any action may have on that Syflem in infinite Ages . It has been fhewn that there is a Community and Connection amongst them all , and each is or may be affected with what his ...
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Page 65 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field: upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Page 48 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 27 - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Page 444 - ... we must, in this world, gain a relish of truth and virtue, if we would be able to taste that knowledge and perfection which are to make us happy in the next.
Page 444 - ... it is for us to gain habits of virtue in this life, if we would enjoy the pleasures of the next.
Page 9 - ... his senses, we do it by comparing it to something that already has, by offering him some similitude, resemblance, or analogy, to help his conception. As for example, to give a man a notion of a country to which he is a stranger, and to make him apprehend...
Page 1 - God, as it is in itself, is incomprehensible by human understanding ; and not only his nature, but likewise his powers and faculties, and the ways and methods in which he exercises them, are so far beyond our reach, that we are utterly incapable of framing exact and adequate notions of them.
Page 424 - ... but they surprise and come upon us from we know not what quarter. If they proceeded from the mobility of spirits, straggling out of order, and fortuitous affections of the brain, or were of the nature of dreams, why are they not as wild, incoherent, and extravagant as they are? Not to add, that the world has generally acknowledged, and therefore...
Page 23 - ... analogy and proportion between them. But then we ought to remember that there is as great a difference between these, when attributed to God, and as they are in us, as between weighing in a balance and thinking ; in truth, infinitely greater...
Page 261 - I think, that the philosophers of old did in vain inquire, whether summum bonum consisted in riches, or bodily delights, or virtue, or contemplation; and they might have as reasonably disputed whether the best relish were to be found in apples, plums, or nuts, and have divided themselves into sects upon it.