Observations on Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His Expectations, 3. köideJ. Johnson, 1801 |
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... kind of neceffity , fuch as confifts in the relation of caufe and effect ; that is , unless we affume what has been difputed above . Accord- ing to the common ufe of language we call a man virtuous who thinks and acts in a manner ...
... kind of neceffity , fuch as confifts in the relation of caufe and effect ; that is , unless we affume what has been difputed above . Accord- ing to the common ufe of language we call a man virtuous who thinks and acts in a manner ...
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... kind . To the beaft , a higher degree , the understanding of a man for instance , would be no reality , and for this reafon , because it would be incompatible with the other qualities which the beaft has , and must have . Now if we ...
... kind . To the beaft , a higher degree , the understanding of a man for instance , would be no reality , and for this reafon , because it would be incompatible with the other qualities which the beaft has , and must have . Now if we ...
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... kind exifted , and were happy , the fum would be augmented , and this augmentation is poffible . What has been , and been happy , may be again , and be again happy . In a mathematical fenfe alfo , the con- tinual progreffive feries of ...
... kind exifted , and were happy , the fum would be augmented , and this augmentation is poffible . What has been , and been happy , may be again , and be again happy . In a mathematical fenfe alfo , the con- tinual progreffive feries of ...
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... kind be excepted , the fourth fuppofition is the fame with the third . If our author would afcribe to human happiness any other kind of infinity than that which confifts in continued or inceffant progreffion , he runs into a complete ...
... kind be excepted , the fourth fuppofition is the fame with the third . If our author would afcribe to human happiness any other kind of infinity than that which confifts in continued or inceffant progreffion , he runs into a complete ...
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... kind , it is not to be difputed , that the natural reli- gion with which they are acquainted is much indebted to revelation . That the human under- ftanding was fo early aware of the unity of God , is certainly to be afcribed to divine ...
... kind , it is not to be difputed , that the natural reli- gion with which they are acquainted is much indebted to revelation . That the human under- ftanding was fo early aware of the unity of God , is certainly to be afcribed to divine ...
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Page 719 - By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Page 686 - ... sakes. For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief; even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
Page 685 - For if thou wert cut out of the olive-tree which is wild by nature, and wert grafted contrary to nature into a good olive-tree, how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive-tree ? 25.
Page 726 - And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. And this I say, that the covenant that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
Page 726 - Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
Page 727 - Wherefore the law was our fchoolmafter to bring us unto Chrift, that we might be juftified by faith, ver.
Page 685 - And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
Page 5 - Dy sentir yt and its containing a Review of the most celebrated Authors who have written on this Subject, and also an Investigation into the Source of Contagion in that and some other Diseases. By William Harty, MB 8vo. pp. 350.
Page 578 - He knew not whether he was in the body or out of the body; but he " heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
Page 608 - ... than the fact, which it endeavours to eftablifh : " And even in that cafe, there is a mutual deftruction " of arguments, and the fuperior only gives us an affu" ranee fuitable to that degree of force, which remains, " after deducting the inferior.