 | Richard Bentley - Atheism - 1693 - 304 pages
...Being, and put that in the fcales againft brute inanimate Matter ; we may affirm, without over-valuing Humane Nature, that the Soul of one vertuous and religious...excellency than the Sun and his Planets and all the Starrs in the World. If therefore it could appear, that all the Mundane Bodies are fome way conducible... | |
 | James Hervey - Meditations - 1748 - 328 pages
...and inanimate Matter, we may affirm, without overvaluing human Nature, that the Soul of one virtuous and religious Man is of greater Worth and Excellency,...and his Planets, and all the Stars in the World." See his Sermons at Beyle's Left. N°. 8. transfufed into the facred Page, and Miffionaries have been... | |
 | James Hervey - 1777 - 628 pages
...inanimate Matter, we may affirm, without ' overvaluing human Nature, that the Soul of one vir' tuous and religious Man is of greater Worth and ' Excellency,...and his Planets, and all ' the Stars in the World." See his Sermons at Bojle's Lect. No. S. extremely weighty Affairs; yet, if laid in the Balance againft... | |
 | Richard Bentley - Atheism - 1809 - 450 pages
...man is of ' . . greater greater worth and excellency than the fun and his planets, and all the ftars in the world. If therefore it could appear, that all...bodies are fome way conducible to the fervice of man ; if all were as beneficial to us, as the polar ftars were formerly for navigation ; as the moon is... | |
 | James Beattie, Thomas Gray - English literature - 1809 - 414 pages
...overvaluing human nature, that the soul of ' one virtuous man is of greater worth and ex-* cellency, than the sun and his planets, and * all the stars in the world.' Let us not then make bulk the standard of value ; or judge of the importance of man from the weight... | |
 | Paul Wright - 1810 - 508 pages
...inanimate matter, we may affirm, ' without overvaluing human nature, that the soul of ' one virtuous man, is of greater worth and excellency, * than the...and his planets, and all the stars in the ' world.' Let us not then make bulk the standard of value; or judge of the importance of man from the weight... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 312 pages
...inanimate matter, we may affirm, without over-, valuing human nature, that the soul of one vir-> tuous man is of greater worth and excellency, than the sun...and his planets, and all the stars in the world.' Let us not then make bulk the standard of value ; or judge of the importance of man from the weight... | |
 | Ethics - 1822 - 150 pages
...brute inanimate matter, we may affirm, without overvaluing human nature, that the soul of one virtuous and religious man is of greater worth and excellency...and his planets, and all the stars in the world." For this opinion is not only stupid and arrogant in the extreme, but is also contrary to the doctrine... | |
 | James Hervey - Devotional literature - 1825 - 396 pages
...and inanimate matter, we may affirm, without overvaluing human nature, that the soul of one virtuous and religious man, is of greater worth and excellency...sun, and his planets, and all the stars in the world. See his Sermons at BOYLE'S LECT. No. 8. ject. What are the schemes which engage the attention of eminent... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 814 pages
...brute inanimate matter, we may affirm, without overvaluing human nature, that the soul of one virtuous and religious man is of greater worth and excellency than the sun and his planets. Bentley's Sermons. Collect at evening what the day brought forth, Compress the sum into its solid worth,... | |
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... that the soul of one virtuous and religious man is of greater worth and excellency than the sun and his planets, and all the stars in the world. 
