 Our existence is not only successive, as it must be of necessity, but one state of our life and being is appointed by God to be a preparation for another ; and that, to be the means of attaining to another succeeding one : Infancy to childhood ; childhood...  An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine - Page 114by John Henry Newman - 1846 - 453 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1740 - 488 pages
...Exiftence is not only fucceffive, as it muft be of Neceffity ; but one State of our Life and Being, is appointed by God, to be a Preparation for Another...and That, to be the Means of attaining. to another fucceeding one: Infancy to Childhood, Childhood to Youth; Youth to mature Age. Men are impatient, and... | |
 | Joseph Butler - Sermons, English - 1813 - 496 pages
...existence is not only successive, as it must be of necessity, but one state of our life and being is appointed by God to be a preparation for another ;...nature appears deliberate throughout his operations j accomplishing his natural ends by slow successive steps. And there is a plan of things beforehand... | |
 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1819 - 362 pages
...successive, as it must • be of necessity, but one state of our life and being is appointed by God to.be a preparation for another ;; and. that, to be the...means of attaining to another succeeding one : Infancy te childhood; childhood to • youth ; youth to mature age.. Men are impatient, and for precipitating... | |
 | Joseph Butler - Analogy (Religion) - 1820 - 264 pages
...existence is not only successive, as it must be of necessity, but one state of our life and being is appointed by God to be a preparation for another, and that to be tlie means of attaining to another succeeding one; infancy to childhood, childhood to youth, youth... | |
 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1838 - 616 pages
...existence is not only successive, as it must be of necessity, but one state of our life and being is appointed by God to be a preparation for another ;...to be the means of attaining to another succeeding one—infancy to childhood ; childhood to youth; youth to mature age. Men are impatient, and for precipitating... | |
 | Joseph Butler - Analogy (Religion) - 1839 - 362 pages
...existence is not only successive, as it must be of necessity, but one state of our life and being is appointed by God to be a preparation for another ;...accomplishing his natural ends by slow successive steps. And theie is a plan of things beforehand laid out, which, from the nature of it, requires various systems... | |
 | Charles Abel Heurtley - Mystical union - 1842 - 190 pages
...expected between the various arrangements of the same Allwise Being, there was surely something in these , "Men are impatient and for precipitating things: but...accomplishing his natural ends by slow successive steps." Bp. Butler, Anal. ii. 4. p. 276. It is important to bear in mind how strictly the analogy holds in... | |
 | Joseph Butler, Samuel Halifax - Sermons, English - 1844 - 414 pages
...existence is not only successive, as it must be of necessity ; but one state of our life and being is appointed by God, to be a preparation for another...deliberate throughout his operations ; accomplishing natural ends by slow successive steps. And there is a plan of things beforehand laid out, which, from... | |
 | Joseph Butler, Samuel Hallifax - Theology - 1844 - 412 pages
...existence is not only successive, as it must be of necessity ; but one state of our life and being is appointed by God, to be a preparation for another...deliberate throughout his operations ; accomplishing natural ends by slow successive steps. And there is a plan of things beforehand laid out, which, from... | |
 | 1846 - 578 pages
...existence is not only successive, as it must be of necessity, but one state of our life and being is appointed by God to be a preparation for another;...operations, accomplishing his natural ends by slow and successive steps. And there is a plan of things beforehand laid out, which, from the nature of... | |
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