The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 3. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... fuppofed to put in , and fay , " You tell us indeed , that all things fhall terminate in good ; but we see ourselves fur- rounded with prefent Evil ; yet you forbid us all inquiry into the manner how we are to be extricated ; and , in a ...
... fuppofed to put in , and fay , " You tell us indeed , that all things fhall terminate in good ; but we see ourselves fur- rounded with prefent Evil ; yet you forbid us all inquiry into the manner how we are to be extricated ; and , in a ...
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... fuppofed NA- TURAL EVILS . For now he fhews ( from y 172 to 207. ) that though the complaint of his adverfaries against Pro- vidence be on pretence of real moral evils ; yet , at bottom , it all proceeds from their impatience under ...
... fuppofed NA- TURAL EVILS . For now he fhews ( from y 172 to 207. ) that though the complaint of his adverfaries against Pro- vidence be on pretence of real moral evils ; yet , at bottom , it all proceeds from their impatience under ...
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... fuppofed that fuch care extended to all , but was confined to the more noble parts of the creation . This grofs conception of the First Cause the poet exposes , by fhewing that God is equally and inti- mately prefent to every particle ...
... fuppofed that fuch care extended to all , but was confined to the more noble parts of the creation . This grofs conception of the First Cause the poet exposes , by fhewing that God is equally and inti- mately prefent to every particle ...
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... fuppofed it ; but the won- derful art and direction , unknown indeed to Man , of an all - powerful , all - wife , all - good , and free Being . And therefore , we may be affured , that the arguments brought above to prove partial moral ...
... fuppofed it ; but the won- derful art and direction , unknown indeed to Man , of an all - powerful , all - wife , all - good , and free Being . And therefore , we may be affured , that the arguments brought above to prove partial moral ...
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... fuppofed natural Evils ; as he had before juftified it for the permiffion of real moral Evil , in fhewing that , though the atheift's complaint against Providence be on pretence of real moral Evil , yet the true caufe is his im ...
... fuppofed natural Evils ; as he had before juftified it for the permiffion of real moral Evil , in fhewing that , though the atheift's complaint against Providence be on pretence of real moral Evil , yet the true caufe is his im ...
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