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... prove , as well of Morality as Liberty , both which must stand and fall together , and can , I think , only be fecured effectually upon the Principles laid down by our Author ; of which in their proper place . See alfo Mr. Chubb's ...
... prove , as well of Morality as Liberty , both which must stand and fall together , and can , I think , only be fecured effectually upon the Principles laid down by our Author ; of which in their proper place . See alfo Mr. Chubb's ...
Page 244
... prove detrimental NOTES . to for it will not be in the least in our own power , but entirely depend upon external Object . fink a The accidents of Fortune , fuch as an Earthquake may Man and all his concerns , and tho ' in that ...
... prove detrimental NOTES . to for it will not be in the least in our own power , but entirely depend upon external Object . fink a The accidents of Fortune , fuch as an Earthquake may Man and all his concerns , and tho ' in that ...
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... prove that fuch Liberty does not belong to the Will : which is very certain , granting his fenfe of Liberty to be the only one , fince by his Definition it is evidently fubfequent to the choice or preference of the Mind , and only ...
... prove that fuch Liberty does not belong to the Will : which is very certain , granting his fenfe of Liberty to be the only one , fince by his Definition it is evidently fubfequent to the choice or preference of the Mind , and only ...
Page 251
... proves the one by neceffary confequence eftablishes the other . Farther , there are innumerable indif- ferent Actions which occur daily , both with respect to abfolute choofing or refufing , or to choofing among things abfolutely e ...
... proves the one by neceffary confequence eftablishes the other . Farther , there are innumerable indif- ferent Actions which occur daily , both with respect to abfolute choofing or refufing , or to choofing among things abfolutely e ...
Page 252
... prove , prefer , defire and choofe , and all we know not why : where we either choofe fuch things as have no manner of Good or Evil in them , excepting what arifes purely from that Choice ; or prefer fome to others , when both are equal ...
... prove , prefer , defire and choofe , and all we know not why : where we either choofe fuch things as have no manner of Good or Evil in them , excepting what arifes purely from that Choice ; or prefer fome to others , when both are equal ...
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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.