 | Joseph Butler - 1804 - 462 pages
...things plainly contradictory to wisdom, justice, or goodness ; to what the light of nature teaches us of God. And I know nothing of this sort objected against...requiring actions, which would be immoral and vicious, were it not for such precepts. But it is easy to see, that all these are of such a kind, as that the... | |
 | Richard Graves - Bible - 1807 - 520 pages
...things plainly contradictory to wisdom, "justice or goodness, to what the light of nature teaches " us of God ; and I know nothing of this sort objected...is not. Indeed " there are some particular precepts of Scripture, given to " particular persons, requiring actions, which would be " immoral and vicious,... | |
 | Joseph Butler - Sermons, English - 1813 - 496 pages
...things plainly contradictory to wisdom, justice, or goodness; to what the light of nature teaches us of God. And I know nothing of this sort objected against...requiring actions, which would be immoral and vicious, were it not for such precepts. But it is easy to see, that all these are of such a kind, as that the... | |
 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1819 - 362 pages
...things plainly contradictory to wisdom, justice, or goodness ; to what the light of nature teaches us of God. And I know nothing of this sort objected against...requiring actions, which would be immoral and vicious, were it not for such precepts. But it is easy to see, that all these are of such a kind as that the... | |
 | Joseph Butler, Samuel Hallifax - Analogy (Religion) - 1819 - 256 pages
...things plainly contradictory to wisdom, justice or goodness; to what the light of nature teaches us of God. And I know nothing of this sort objected against...which would equally conclude that the constitution jtf nature is contradictory to wisdom, justice, or goodness, which most certainly it is not. Indeed... | |
 | Joseph Butler - Analogy (Religion) - 1820 - 264 pages
...things plainly contradictory to wisdom, justice or goodness; to what the light of nature teaches us of God. And I know nothing of this sort objected against...requiring actions which would be immoral and vicious were it not for such precepts. But it is easy to see that all these are of such a kind, as that the... | |
 | Joseph Butler - Analogy (Religion) - 1824 - 484 pages
...things plainly contradictory to wisdom, justice, or goodness ; to what the light of nature teaches us of God. And I know nothing of this sort objected against...certainly it is not. Indeed there are some particular preceptsin Scripture, given to particular persons, requiring actions, which would be immoral and vicious,... | |
 | Richard Graves - 1829 - 528 pages
...objection>) ,' •• v " as are formed upon suppositions, which would equally conclude, that the o .--- " constitution of nature is contradictory to wisdom,...particular persons, requiring actions, which would " he immoral and vicious, were it not for such precepts. But it is easy to • „ -. ;<.• • "... | |
 | Richard Graves - Bible - 1831 - 528 pages
...things plainly contradictory to wisdom, justice, or goodness ; to what the light of " nature teaches us of God. And I know nothing of this sort objected against...certainly it is not. Indeed there are some particular pre" cepts in Scripture, given to particular persons, requiring actions, which would bo " immoral and... | |
 | Apologetics - 1834 - 588 pages
...things plainly contradictory to wisdom, justice, or goodness; to what the light of nature teaches us of God. And I know nothing of this sort objected against...requiring actions, which would be immoral and vicious, were it not for such precepts. But it is easy to see, that all these are of such a kind, as that the... | |
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... whether it contains things different from what we should have expected from a wise, just, and good Being: for objections from hence have been now obviated; but whether it contains things plainly contradictory to wisdom, justice, or goodness ; to what... 
