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... punish'd not be- cause they deserve Punishment , but because it is Punish- expedient , and Laws are made ufe of to reftrain apply'd as Vices , as Medicines to expel Diseases ; Men fin Medicines therefore after the fame manner as they ...
... punish'd not be- cause they deserve Punishment , but because it is Punish- expedient , and Laws are made ufe of to reftrain apply'd as Vices , as Medicines to expel Diseases ; Men fin Medicines therefore after the fame manner as they ...
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... Punishment annex'd either by natural consequence or pofitive Appointment to the Obfervance or neglect of them [ i ] which the Authors of that Language have fo eagerly con- tended for , and to oppose the ill Confequences of which is the ...
... Punishment annex'd either by natural consequence or pofitive Appointment to the Obfervance or neglect of them [ i ] which the Authors of that Language have fo eagerly con- tended for , and to oppose the ill Confequences of which is the ...
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... Punishment and the Wrath of God . But when the fame Evils befal us by exter- nal Force or the Neceffity of Nature , we bewail our Condition indeed , and complain of Fortune , but have none of that wounding Anxiousness , and vindictive ...
... Punishment and the Wrath of God . But when the fame Evils befal us by exter- nal Force or the Neceffity of Nature , we bewail our Condition indeed , and complain of Fortune , but have none of that wounding Anxiousness , and vindictive ...
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... Punishment , he may really accufe himfelf ; that is , he " may condemn himself for having done it , be forry he has done it , and with it undone , because of the confequences " that attend it [ m . ] ' . Where , not to infift upon the ...
... Punishment , he may really accufe himfelf ; that is , he " may condemn himself for having done it , be forry he has done it , and with it undone , because of the confequences " that attend it [ m . ] ' . Where , not to infift upon the ...
Page 331
... punish'd but for Crimes , " the reafon is the very fame , that he should not be blamed for 66 66 doing that which he could not poffibly leave undone ; no 66 more than a Servant whom his Mafter hath chain'd to a Pil- " lar , ought to be ...
... punish'd but for Crimes , " the reafon is the very fame , that he should not be blamed for 66 66 doing that which he could not poffibly leave undone ; no 66 more than a Servant whom his Mafter hath chain'd to a Pil- " lar , ought to be ...
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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.