The Dignity of Human Nature: Or, a Brief Account of the Certain and Established Means for Attaining the True End of Our Existence. ... A New Edition. By J.B. ..., Band 2J. Johnson and J. Payne; and T. Cadell, 1767 |
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... species are to exift in two A different ftates , an embodied , and a fpi- ritual ; a mortal life on earth , and an immortal hereafter ; it was to be expected , that there should be certain peculiar requifites for the dignity of each of ...
... species are to exift in two A different ftates , an embodied , and a fpi- ritual ; a mortal life on earth , and an immortal hereafter ; it was to be expected , that there should be certain peculiar requifites for the dignity of each of ...
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... species unite the aquatic and terrestrial cha- racters in one . The bat and owl join the bird and beast kinds ; fo that the different natures run almost almost into one another ; but never meet fo closely 38 OF THE DIGNITY.
... species unite the aquatic and terrestrial cha- racters in one . The bat and owl join the bird and beast kinds ; fo that the different natures run almost almost into one another ; but never meet fo closely 38 OF THE DIGNITY.
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... species fhould have another state to enter upon , wholly different from the present , is fo far from being unreasonable to expect , that it is analogous to the whole fcheme of nature . For there is no fpecies , as far as we know , that ...
... species fhould have another state to enter upon , wholly different from the present , is fo far from being unreasonable to expect , that it is analogous to the whole fcheme of nature . For there is no fpecies , as far as we know , that ...
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... species should be irresistibly poffeffed with the fame useless and hurtful delu- fion nor that he would have univerfally im- preffed their minds with a falfe notion of an ac- count to be hereafter given of all their thoughts , words ...
... species should be irresistibly poffeffed with the fame useless and hurtful delu- fion nor that he would have univerfally im- preffed their minds with a falfe notion of an ac- count to be hereafter given of all their thoughts , words ...
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... species . Do we not find , that in the present state the highest degree of goodness is , in fome cafes , at- tended with the greatest unhappiness ? For tho ' virtue muft , in general , be owned to be the likelieft means for procuring ...
... species . Do we not find , that in the present state the highest degree of goodness is , in fome cafes , at- tended with the greatest unhappiness ? For tho ' virtue muft , in general , be owned to be the likelieft means for procuring ...
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abfolute abfurd againſt anſwer antient becauſe beſt beſtow cafe caufe cauſe character Chriftian confequence confideration confidered confiftent courſe creatures dæmons defign defire deftruction difcipline Divine doctrine Doft thou duty earth eſtabliſhed evident exift exiſtence faid fame favour feems fellow-creatures fenfe fett fhall fhew fhould firft firſt fome foul fpecies fpirits ftate fubject fublime fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofe fure give goodneſs greateſt happineſs heaven himſelf hiſtory human impoffible infinite inftance itſelf laft leaſt lefs mankind manner meaſure mind miracles moft moral moſt muft muſt nature neceffarily neceffary neceffity nefs obferve ourſelves paffion perfect perfon pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent proper puniſhment purpoſe racter raiſed rational reaſon rectitude refpect religion revelation ſcheme Scripture ſeems ſhall ſpecies ſtate ſuch ſuppoſe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand tion truth underſtanding univerfal uſeful vice virtue whofe whole wholly whoſe wife wiſdom worſhip yourſelf
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 321 - O LORD, how manifold are Thy works : in wisdom hast Thou made them all ; the earth is full of Thy riches. So is the great and wide sea also : wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Seite 321 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Seite 321 - BLESS the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain...
Seite 322 - I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord.
Seite 370 - to the fwift, nor the battle to the flrong; nor " bread to the wife, nor favour to men of ikill; " but it is the hand of God, that has wroughtall " thefe things. That though the horfe be pre" pared againft the day of battle, fafety is from
Seite 369 - Whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation. And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth...
Seite 164 - I must confess I think it is below reasonable creatures to be altogether conversant in such diversions as are merely innocent, and have nothing else to recommend them but that there is no hurt in them. Whether any kind of gaming has even thus much to...
Seite 327 - ... and mountains out of their place, and raising the bed of the ocean from the lowest abyss, so as to form a portion of elevated land; all which changes appear to have been effected in the by-past revolutions of our globe, and both events are equally within the power and the control of Him "who rules in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth," whatever physical agents he may choose to select for the accomplishment of his purposes.
Seite 71 - Omnipotence, muft fooner or later be crufhed before him. For he does in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth, whatever feems to him good, and none can ftay his hand.
Seite 437 - I faw in the night vifions, and behold one, like the " SON OF MAN, came with the clouds of heaven, and came to " the Ancient of Days, and they brought him near before him. " And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, " that all people, nations, and languages mould ferve him.