Essays on Some of the First Principles of Metaphysicks, Ethicks, and Theology |
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... remain ig- norant of all these subjects , which are in fact the foundation on which a whole system of divinity rests , because what is called a metaphysi- cal investigation is necessary to understand them ? If we proceed on this ground ...
... remain ig- norant of all these subjects , which are in fact the foundation on which a whole system of divinity rests , because what is called a metaphysi- cal investigation is necessary to understand them ? If we proceed on this ground ...
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... remain in a state of doubt and un- certainty . All conclusive reasoning is founded on self evident propositions , of the truth of which we are convinced by intui- tion or direct perception . The way is now prepared for us to attend to ...
... remain in a state of doubt and un- certainty . All conclusive reasoning is founded on self evident propositions , of the truth of which we are convinced by intui- tion or direct perception . The way is now prepared for us to attend to ...
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... but little can be said to make it plainer . In case persons could perceive objects as clearly and distinctly as they now do , yet were not in the least degree either pleas- ingly or disgustfully affected by them , they would remain 58.
... but little can be said to make it plainer . In case persons could perceive objects as clearly and distinctly as they now do , yet were not in the least degree either pleas- ingly or disgustfully affected by them , they would remain 58.
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Asa Burton. ingly or disgustfully affected by them , they would remain in a state of rest , or inaction . For , in this case , they have no in- citement to action ; no motive to influence them in the least de- gree . There is no object ...
Asa Burton. ingly or disgustfully affected by them , they would remain in a state of rest , or inaction . For , in this case , they have no in- citement to action ; no motive to influence them in the least de- gree . There is no object ...
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... remain con- tented in it . So far as a mind improves , new objects are dis- covered . These new discoveries are one source of our enter- tainment and happiness in this world . 6. Another appetite with which Adam was created is termed ...
... remain con- tented in it . So far as a mind improves , new objects are dis- covered . These new discoveries are one source of our enter- tainment and happiness in this world . 6. Another appetite with which Adam was created is termed ...
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Page 198 - Ye men of Israel, hear these words ; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain...
Page 12 - A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good ; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil : for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
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Page 12 - But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and they defile the man ? 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies ; 20 These are the things which defile a man : but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
Page 28 - ... and what we ought to do and what we ought not to do, whoever came into the world without having an innate idea of them?
Page 374 - Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not : for I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
Page 214 - Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Page 299 - no man shall see the Lord." Qualified, however, in our faculties, to know and serve God ; with the volume of inspiration before us ; surrounded, on every side, by an...
Page 12 - ... that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him; the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints...
Page 216 - If a man look on a woman, to lust after her, he hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.