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... rules of life , by which men are ordinarily governed , oftentimes mislead them , thro ' a defect either in the rule , or in the application . Thefe rules are , the Law of Honour , the Law of the Land , and the Scriptures . B СНАР , CHA ...
... rules of life , by which men are ordinarily governed , oftentimes mislead them , thro ' a defect either in the rule , or in the application . Thefe rules are , the Law of Honour , the Law of the Land , and the Scriptures . B СНАР , CHA ...
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... rule of life ; that is , they are fatisfied with them- felves , fo long as they do or omit nothing , for the doing or omitting of which the law can punish them . Whereas every fyftem of human laws , confidered as a rule of life ...
... rule of life ; that is , they are fatisfied with them- felves , fo long as they do or omit nothing , for the doing or omitting of which the law can punish them . Whereas every fyftem of human laws , confidered as a rule of life ...
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... Rules are laid down , and examples are fubjoined ; not that thefe examples are the cafes , much lefs all the cafes that will actually occur , but by way only of explaining the principle of the rule , and as fo many fpecimens of the me ...
... Rules are laid down , and examples are fubjoined ; not that thefe examples are the cafes , much lefs all the cafes that will actually occur , but by way only of explaining the principle of the rule , and as fo many fpecimens of the me ...
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... rule and a motive , ulterior to the in- ftincts themselves , and at which rule and motive we shall by and by arrive by a furer road - I fay furer , fo long as there remains a controverfy whether there be any inftinc- tive maxims at all ...
... rule and a motive , ulterior to the in- ftincts themselves , and at which rule and motive we shall by and by arrive by a furer road - I fay furer , fo long as there remains a controverfy whether there be any inftinc- tive maxims at all ...
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... rule , and ever lafting happiness , " the motive of human virtue . Virtue has been divided by fome , into benevolence , pru- dence , fortitude , and temperance . Benevolence propofes good ends ; prudence fuggefts the beft means of ...
... rule , and ever lafting happiness , " the motive of human virtue . Virtue has been divided by fome , into benevolence , pru- dence , fortitude , and temperance . Benevolence propofes good ends ; prudence fuggefts the beft means of ...
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