| Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1740 - 488 pages
...to render it fo, /. e. to effec.1: it continually or at ftated Times ; as what is fuper— natural or miraculous does to effect it for once. And from hence it mnft follow, that Perfons Notion of what is natural, will be enlarged in Proportion to their greater... | |
| Edward Bentham - Logic - 1773 - 164 pages
...prefupppfes an intelligent Being to render it Ib, that is, to effect it continually, or. at fb.ted times, as what is Supernatural or Miraculous does to effect it for once. Many Truths in Religion, as well as in Mathernaticks, may be eftablilhed, not fo much by {hewing' their... | |
| Joseph Butler - 1804 - 462 pages
...the present to be natural. But the only distinct meaning of that word is, stated, faed, or settled : since what is natural as 'much requires and presupposes...is supernatural, or miraculous, does to effect it fof once* And from hence it must follow, that persons' notion of what is natural will be enlarged,... | |
| Joseph Butler - Sermons, English - 1813 - 496 pages
...the only distinct meaning of that word is, stated, fixed, or settled ; since what is natural " «s much requires and presupposes an intelligent agent to render it so, ie to eifect it continually, or at stated times, as what is supernatural or miraculous does to effect it... | |
| Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1819 - 362 pages
...present to be natural. But the only distinct meaning of that word is, stated, Jl,vcd t or settled-; since what is natural as much requires and presupposes an intelligent agent to render it so, v'. c. to effect it continually, or at stated times, as what is supernatural or miraculous does to... | |
| English literature - 1821 - 614 pages
...nettled, since what is natural as much requires and presupposes an intelligent agent to render it so, ic to effect it continually or at stated times, as what...does to effect it for once. And from hence it must fellow, that person's notions of what is natural will be enlarged in proportion to their greater knowledge... | |
| English literature - 1821 - 612 pages
...of it. " The only distinct meaning of the word natural, (he s«ys,) is stated,, fixed, or settled, since what is natural as much requires and presupposes an intelligent agent to render it so, >'. c. to effect it continually or at stated times, as what is supernatural or miraculous does to effect... | |
| 1821 - 614 pages
...made of it. " The only distinct meaning of the word natural, (he says,) is stated, fact!, or settled, since what is natural as much requires and presupposes an intelligent agent to render it so, ». e. to effect it continually or at stated times, as what is supernatural or miraculous does to effect... | |
| Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1823 - 92 pages
...the present to be natural. But the only distinct meaning of that word is, stated, faced, or settled: since what is natural, as much requires and presupposes an intelligent agent to render it so, that is, to effect it continually or at stated times; as what is supernatural or miraculous does to... | |
| Thomas Huntingford - Intermediate state - 1829 - 530 pages
...the present to be natural. But the only distinct meaning of that word is, stated, fixed, or settled; since what is natural, as much requires and presupposes...or miraculous does to effect it for once. And from hene it must follow, that persons' notions of what is natural will be enlarged in proportion to their... | |
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