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... first as last , from the Exiflence of outward Objects as from my own Will ; fince the fuppofed choice or action is in reality as much out of my power , or as incapable of being alter'd or pre- vented by me , as the exiftence of external ...
... first as last , from the Exiflence of outward Objects as from my own Will ; fince the fuppofed choice or action is in reality as much out of my power , or as incapable of being alter'd or pre- vented by me , as the exiftence of external ...
Page 236
... First , that is no con- nothing in Nature could be done otherwise than it tingency in is . For , the whole Series of things being as it things , were connected together by Fate , there's no Room anything for Chance or Liberty , properly ...
... First , that is no con- nothing in Nature could be done otherwise than it tingency in is . For , the whole Series of things being as it things , were connected together by Fate , there's no Room anything for Chance or Liberty , properly ...
Page 237
... first Caufe of Existence ? If the Doctor can fuppofe a firft Cause of all Thought and Motion ( as he does here , and we think very reafonably ) why may he not alfo fuppofe a firft Cause of all Existence ; and fo entirely exclude that ...
... first Caufe of Existence ? If the Doctor can fuppofe a firft Cause of all Thought and Motion ( as he does here , and we think very reafonably ) why may he not alfo fuppofe a firft Cause of all Existence ; and fo entirely exclude that ...
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... first of all defin'd Liberty to be A power in any Agent to do or forbear any particular Action , according to the De- termination or Thought of the Mind , whereby either of them is preferr'd to the other . " He takes a great deal of ...
... first of all defin'd Liberty to be A power in any Agent to do or forbear any particular Action , according to the De- termination or Thought of the Mind , whereby either of them is preferr'd to the other . " He takes a great deal of ...
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... first place , is it not felf - evident , that we often do not follow our own prefent Judgment , but run connter to the clear conviction of our Understandings , which Actions accordingly [ 2 ] See Note 43 ' appear different Principle in ...
... first place , is it not felf - evident , that we often do not follow our own prefent Judgment , but run connter to the clear conviction of our Understandings , which Actions accordingly [ 2 ] See Note 43 ' appear different Principle in ...
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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.