The Evidences of the Christian ReligionJ. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - 330 pages |
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Page 78
... perfection of a spiritual nature ; and fince we have no notion of any kind of fpiritual perfection but what we discover in our own fouls , we join Infinitude to each kind of thefe perfections , and what is a faculty in an human foul ...
... perfection of a spiritual nature ; and fince we have no notion of any kind of fpiritual perfection but what we discover in our own fouls , we join Infinitude to each kind of thefe perfections , and what is a faculty in an human foul ...
Page 79
... perfection , befides those which are lodged in an human soul ; but it is impoffible that we fhould have ideas of any kinds of perfection , except thofe of which we have fome small rays and fhort imperfect ftrokes in ourselves . It would ...
... perfection , befides those which are lodged in an human soul ; but it is impoffible that we fhould have ideas of any kinds of perfection , except thofe of which we have fome small rays and fhort imperfect ftrokes in ourselves . It would ...
Page 80
... perfection which is not marked out in an human foul , it belongs in its fulness to the Divine Na- ture . Several eminent Philofophers have ima- gined that the foul , in her feparate ftate , may have new faculties fpringing up in her ...
... perfection which is not marked out in an human foul , it belongs in its fulness to the Divine Na- ture . Several eminent Philofophers have ima- gined that the foul , in her feparate ftate , may have new faculties fpringing up in her ...
Page 82
... perfection . This would imprint in our minds fuch a con- ftant and uninterrupted awe and venera- tion , as that which I am here recommend- ing , and which is in reality a kind of in- ceffant prayer , and reasonable humiliation of the ...
... perfection . This would imprint in our minds fuch a con- ftant and uninterrupted awe and venera- tion , as that which I am here recommend- ing , and which is in reality a kind of in- ceffant prayer , and reasonable humiliation of the ...
Page 106
... there may not be different manfions , and a- partments of glory , to Beings of different • natures ; whether as they excel one < • • ano- ⚫ another in perfection , they are not ad- * 106 of GOD , and his Attributes .
... there may not be different manfions , and a- partments of glory , to Beings of different • natures ; whether as they excel one < • • ano- ⚫ another in perfection , they are not ad- * 106 of GOD , and his Attributes .
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