An Essay on the Origin of Evil, Band 2F. Stephens, 1732 - 111 Seiten |
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... faid before , are under- ftood 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 ...
... faid before , are under- ftood 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 ...
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... faid to be made amifs , or foolishly . 4thly , How we came to fall into depraved or wicked Elections . 5thly , How fuch Elections can be reconciled with the Power and Goodness of God . That it is I. not easy to under- ftand or SECT . I ...
... faid to be made amifs , or foolishly . 4thly , How we came to fall into depraved or wicked Elections . 5thly , How fuch Elections can be reconciled with the Power and Goodness of God . That it is I. not easy to under- ftand or SECT . I ...
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William King Edmund Law. an End which in itself is delightful , they are faid to be profitable , and on that account fit to be chofen . Now the Goods of the Mind are greater , more certain and more durable than thofe of the Body ; if ...
William King Edmund Law. an End which in itself is delightful , they are faid to be profitable , and on that account fit to be chofen . Now the Goods of the Mind are greater , more certain and more durable than thofe of the Body ; if ...
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... faid to be free , or Man himself in that respect : They will have it therefore , that Liberty belongs to us properly with refpect to the inferior Faculties which are fubject to the Government of the Will , and discharge their Functions ...
... faid to be free , or Man himself in that respect : They will have it therefore , that Liberty belongs to us properly with refpect to the inferior Faculties which are fubject to the Government of the Will , and discharge their Functions ...
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... faid to act either in thinking or moving , which does not properly begin the train of Thought or Motion , but is put into Thought or Motion by fomething else , and al- fo , that every thing cannot be fo put either into Thought or Motion ...
... faid to act either in thinking or moving , which does not properly begin the train of Thought or Motion , but is put into Thought or Motion by fomething else , and al- fo , that every thing cannot be fo put either into Thought or Motion ...
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2dly abfolutely abfurd Actions againſt agreeable alfo amifs anſwer arifes becauſe Cafe Caufe Cauſe chofen Choice choofing chooſe cife Circumftances confequently confider'd confiftent contrary cou'd Creatures defire Deity determin'd determine Divine eafy Election Eternity Evil exercife exift Exiſtence Faculties faid fame feems felf felves fenfe fhall fhew fhewn fhould fince firft firſt fome fome things fomething fometimes Free Agents Free-Will ftill fuch things fufficient fuppofe fure God's Goodneſs greateſt Happineſs himſelf impoffible indifferent infinite Inftances itſelf Laws leaſt lefs Liberty manner means Mifery Mind moft Moral moſt Motion muft muſt natural Appetites natural Evils neceffarily neceffary neceffity nefs NOTES Number obferv'd obferve Objects occafion otherwife ourſelves Paffions perfect Perfon pleafing pleaſe Pleaſure poffible pofitive Power prefent Puniſhment purpoſe reafon refpect reprefented Sect ſeems Senfes Syftem thefe themſelves ther theſe things thofe thoſe tion Underſtanding uſe Wiſdom World wou'd
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 27 - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Seite 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.
Seite 444 - ... it is for us to gain habits of virtue in this life, if we would enjoy the pleasures of the next.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.