Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects: Part III. ... By Jeremy Collier, M.A.George Strahan, 1720 - 108 pages |
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... Practice ; to dif- charge unneceffary Scruples , and difentangle a Cafe which feem'd fomewhat perplext : And lastly , to raife the Idea of Religion , and give a juft value to Things and Perfons , of the greatest Dignity and Con- cern ...
... Practice ; to dif- charge unneceffary Scruples , and difentangle a Cafe which feem'd fomewhat perplext : And lastly , to raife the Idea of Religion , and give a juft value to Things and Perfons , of the greatest Dignity and Con- cern ...
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... Practice of Virtue become much more hazardous , and difficult . But God has been pleas'd not to fet the Terms of Obedience fo high , nor give Malice and Cruelty fo great an Advantage . Tyrants must put good People out of their Pain in a ...
... Practice of Virtue become much more hazardous , and difficult . But God has been pleas'd not to fet the Terms of Obedience fo high , nor give Malice and Cruelty fo great an Advantage . Tyrants must put good People out of their Pain in a ...
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... Practice : Therefore pray go on with it . Philal . We may obferve then , there are a great many fhrewd turns done merely for want of thinking : Every one has not reach enough to examine all the Circumftances of his Behaviour , and to ...
... Practice : Therefore pray go on with it . Philal . We may obferve then , there are a great many fhrewd turns done merely for want of thinking : Every one has not reach enough to examine all the Circumftances of his Behaviour , and to ...
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... Practices . They have no mind to forget a Friend , or injure a Neighbour , if they could live without it . But then they want Courage to stand the Hardship , and fuffer the Extremity . ' Tis true , thefe Failings are far from be- ing ...
... Practices . They have no mind to forget a Friend , or injure a Neighbour , if they could live without it . But then they want Courage to stand the Hardship , and fuffer the Extremity . ' Tis true , thefe Failings are far from be- ing ...
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... Practice , that had thefe Men kept Shop in the Sickness Year , they had ber- ter have retail'd the Plague , fent it into the Countrey by all the Carriers , and gi ven it Vent and Paffage to the best of their Skill . For whatever they ...
... Practice , that had thefe Men kept Shop in the Sickness Year , they had ber- ter have retail'd the Plague , fent it into the Countrey by all the Carriers , and gi ven it Vent and Paffage to the best of their Skill . For whatever they ...
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