Of the Light of Nature: A DiscourseT. Constable, 1857 - 298 pages |
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Page xxix
... rests on the con- viction , that , on the one hand , the lovers of ethical science will not be deterred from the perusal of so admirable a treatise , because its author was a Calvinist and a Puritan ; and , on the other , that these ...
... rests on the con- viction , that , on the one hand , the lovers of ethical science will not be deterred from the perusal of so admirable a treatise , because its author was a Calvinist and a Puritan ; and , on the other , that these ...
Page xxxviii
... rest , is the impossi- bility of thinking at all without admitting these prin- ciples . This is admirably put in the following passage , which , however , is unjust to Descartes , who never meant anything so futile as to reduplicate on ...
... rest , is the impossi- bility of thinking at all without admitting these prin- ciples . This is admirably put in the following passage , which , however , is unjust to Descartes , who never meant anything so futile as to reduplicate on ...
Page liii
... of the Church will never rest satisfied , nor oi ew , Pagans , Mahometans , Jews , ever be convinced . God , indeed , may work upon them by immediate revela- tion , but man can only prevail upon them by CRITICAL ESSAY . liii.
... of the Church will never rest satisfied , nor oi ew , Pagans , Mahometans , Jews , ever be convinced . God , indeed , may work upon them by immediate revela- tion , but man can only prevail upon them by CRITICAL ESSAY . liii.
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... rest , is younger brother to them all , was written above six years ago . The design of it was , on the one hand , to vindicate the use of reason , in matters of religion , from the aspersions and prejudices of some weaker ones in those ...
... rest , is younger brother to them all , was written above six years ago . The design of it was , on the one hand , to vindicate the use of reason , in matters of religion , from the aspersions and prejudices of some weaker ones in those ...
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... rest Thine to serve thee in any spiritual work or labour of love , 3 From my study at Grundisburg , in the county of Suffolk , August 18 , 1652 , 1 Ανεξιχνιάστους ὁδούς . RICH . CULVERWEL . 2 Μὴ ὑπερφρονεῖν παρ ' δ δεῖ φρονεῖν , ἀλλὰ ...
... rest Thine to serve thee in any spiritual work or labour of love , 3 From my study at Grundisburg , in the county of Suffolk , August 18 , 1652 , 1 Ανεξιχνιάστους ὁδούς . RICH . CULVERWEL . 2 Μὴ ὑπερφρονεῖν παρ ' δ δεῖ φρονεῖν , ἀλλὰ ...
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