The Light of Nature Pursued, Volume 3Hilliard and Brown, 1831 - Philosophy |
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... reason when ripened to full maturity. One thing we may rest assured of, that nature being established in perfect wisdom, assigns to every creature the faculties and powers suitable to its station: so that all alike perform their part in ...
... reason when ripened to full maturity. One thing we may rest assured of, that nature being established in perfect wisdom, assigns to every creature the faculties and powers suitable to its station: so that all alike perform their part in ...
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... reason to discern what is good , unless she can raise such a desire as shall find gratifica- tion in the approach towards it , or vexation in the apprehension of missing it . Now reason has in some measuue a power to raise such de ...
... reason to discern what is good , unless she can raise such a desire as shall find gratifica- tion in the approach towards it , or vexation in the apprehension of missing it . Now reason has in some measuue a power to raise such de ...
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... reasons prevailing on her to establish them . And if the major part of mankind never worked them out by their own observation and reason , still they derived them by the channels of instruction , example , and custom : but whoever first ...
... reasons prevailing on her to establish them . And if the major part of mankind never worked them out by their own observation and reason , still they derived them by the channels of instruction , example , and custom : but whoever first ...
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... reason to be the groundwork of all our schemes and deliberations , namely , the in- crease of happiness in nature ; but it is neither necessary nor feasible that this rule should actuate us in all our motions : for though the wise man ...
... reason to be the groundwork of all our schemes and deliberations , namely , the in- crease of happiness in nature ; but it is neither necessary nor feasible that this rule should actuate us in all our motions : for though the wise man ...
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... reason , I am not entitled to pass the bounds I have prescribed myself . Let us then search about in order to find a mark of direction somewhere within our own ter- ritory . Now our reason has led us to the knowledge of one Gov- ernor ...
... reason , I am not entitled to pass the bounds I have prescribed myself . Let us then search about in order to find a mark of direction somewhere within our own ter- ritory . Now our reason has led us to the knowledge of one Gov- ernor ...
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Page 61 - And the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die, for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Page 322 - To him that hath shall be given ; and from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
Page 310 - As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live, turn ye, turn ye, from your evil ways; for why will ye die?
Page 297 - Come unto me, all ye that are heavy laden and I will give you rest.
Page 244 - The wind bloweth where it listeth. Thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth.
Page 12 - They cannot mean that," answered Mr. Mertonn, " for our Lord has also told us to let our light so shine before men, that they may see our good works, and glorify our Father Which is in Heaven...
Page 268 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Page 307 - By thine Agony and bloody Sweat ; by thy Cross and Passion ; by thy precious Death and Burial ; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension ; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, Good Lord, deliver us.
Page 282 - Many will say to me in that day, "Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name cast out devils, and in thy name done many wonderful works?" And then will I profess unto them, "I never knew you; depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Page 341 - God is faithful, who will not suffer" us " to be tempted above that" we " are able ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that " we