 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1740 - 488 Seiten
...a great Part of what we fuffer, is puf in our own Power. For Pleafure and Pain are the Confequences of our Actions ; and we are endued by the Author of our Nature with Capacities of forefeeing thefe Confequences. We find by Experience He does not fb much as preferve our Lives, exclufively... | |
 | 1795 - 386 Seiten
...depending upon circumftances within our own power. Pleafure and pain, in this world, are the confequences of our actions ; and we are endued by the Author of our nature with a capacity of forefeeing thefe confequences. All the good of this world depends upon our own exertions;... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1804 - 462 Seiten
...a great part of what we suffer, is put in our own power. For pleasure and pain are the consequences of our actions : and we are endued by the Author of...with capacities of foreseeing these consequences. We find, by experience, He does not sa much as preserve our lives, exclusively of our own care and... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 308 Seiten
...depending upon circumstances within our own power. Pleasure and pain, in this world, are the consequences of our actions ; and we are endued by the Author of our nature with a capacity of foreseeing these consequences. All the good of this world depends upon our own exertions;... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1813 - 496 Seiten
....great, part of what we suffer, is put in our own power. For pleasure and pain are the consequences of our actions ; and we are endued by the Author of...with capacities of foreseeing these consequences. We find, by experience, he does not so much as preserve our lives, exclusively of our own care and... | |
 | Joseph Butler, Samuel Hallifax - 1819 - 256 Seiten
...a great part of what we suffer, is put in our own power. For pleasure and pain are the consequences of our actions; and we are endued by the author of...with capacities of foreseeing these consequences. We fimi by experience he does not so much as preserve our livcs,exclusi vely of our own care and attention... | |
 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1819 - 362 Seiten
...which- our natural good consists ; or by this means God gives us the possession and enjoyment of them. I know not that we have any one kind or degree of enjoyment, but by the means ot our own actions. And by prudence and care, we may, for the most part, pass our days in tolerable... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1820 - 264 Seiten
...a great part of what we suffer, is put in our own power. For pleasure and pain are the consequences of our actions; and we are endued by the author of...with capacities of foreseeing these consequences. We find by experience he does not so much as preserve our lives,exclusively of our own care and attention... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 750 Seiten
...depending upon circumstances within our own power. Pleasure and pain, in this world, are the consequences of our actions ; and we are endued by the Author of our nature, with a capacity of foreseeing these consequences. All the good of this world depends upon our own exertions... | |
 | James Ebenezer Bicheno - 1824 - 190 Seiten
...a great part of what we suffer, is put in our own power. For pleasure and pain are the consequences of our actions ; and we are endued by the Author of...with capacities of foreseeing these consequences. We find, by experience, he does not so much as preserve our lives, exclusively of our own care and... | |
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Now, in the present state, all which we enjoy, and a great part of what we suffer, is put in our own power. For pleasure and pain are the consequences of our actions ; and we are endued by the Author of our Nature with capacities of foreseeing these consequences. 
