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Page 227
... those Inconveniencies of Life and Condition which befall ourselves or others thro ' wrong Elec- tions . For it is plain that fome inconveniencies happen without our knowledge , or against our Wills , by the very Order of natural Caufes ...
... those Inconveniencies of Life and Condition which befall ourselves or others thro ' wrong Elec- tions . For it is plain that fome inconveniencies happen without our knowledge , or against our Wills , by the very Order of natural Caufes ...
Page 229
... those good ; commodious , convenient and Good . these is the con- are agree- III . Secondly , That Nature has given us Rea- trary , Evil . Things fon , a Mind or Intellect , whereby to diftinguish Con- veniencies from Inconveniencies ...
... those good ; commodious , convenient and Good . these is the con- are agree- III . Secondly , That Nature has given us Rea- trary , Evil . Things fon , a Mind or Intellect , whereby to diftinguish Con- veniencies from Inconveniencies ...
Page 230
... those things which it can enjoy , and from thence it is esteem'd convenient , i . e . Good . VI . But fince that which is agreeable to one Appetite , may be repugnant or lefs agreeable to others ; and that which pleafes now , may have ...
... those things which it can enjoy , and from thence it is esteem'd convenient , i . e . Good . VI . But fince that which is agreeable to one Appetite , may be repugnant or lefs agreeable to others ; and that which pleafes now , may have ...
Page 233
... those Perfons have that are cited in the 14th and following Pages of the Philofophical Enquiry . Thefe two laft then being the only active Powers , or rather the only Powers at all , are the only proper fubjects of Liber- ty : to which ...
... those Perfons have that are cited in the 14th and following Pages of the Philofophical Enquiry . Thefe two laft then being the only active Powers , or rather the only Powers at all , are the only proper fubjects of Liber- ty : to which ...
Page 238
... Those Inconveniences which come by Neceffity , he looks upon as Mi- feries , as Misfortunes , but never as a Crime . Thefts therefore , Adulteries , Perjuries , nay the Hatred of God himself , and whatever we esteem bafe in Villanies ...
... Those Inconveniences which come by Neceffity , he looks upon as Mi- feries , as Misfortunes , but never as a Crime . Thefts therefore , Adulteries , Perjuries , nay the Hatred of God himself , and whatever we esteem bafe in Villanies ...
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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.