An essay on the principles of human knowledgeJ. Archdeacon & J. Burges, 1794 - 240 pages |
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... should not be able to distinguish between the presence and absence of the object but it is different in feelings ; for ftrong feelings generally continue for a confide- rable time ( in fome longer than in others ) , but commonly grow ...
... should not be able to distinguish between the presence and absence of the object but it is different in feelings ; for ftrong feelings generally continue for a confide- rable time ( in fome longer than in others ) , but commonly grow ...
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... should , in given circumftances , communicate to it a certain degree of motion . 3. That fome ideas in the mind fhould always accompany or fuc- ceed others ; but could not the Almighty have affigned different connections ? From his Omni ...
... should , in given circumftances , communicate to it a certain degree of motion . 3. That fome ideas in the mind fhould always accompany or fuc- ceed others ; but could not the Almighty have affigned different connections ? From his Omni ...
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... should we not esteem it the work of an invisible agent ? we must from a parity of reasoning , conclude the effect produced from a wifh by a being totally ignorant of the means to be applied , a work of the fame nature ; and by how much ...
... should we not esteem it the work of an invisible agent ? we must from a parity of reasoning , conclude the effect produced from a wifh by a being totally ignorant of the means to be applied , a work of the fame nature ; and by how much ...
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... should take fu- perior care to fecure for himself happiness in a future state , on a certainty of death and firm affurance of eternal life . The less is the degree of probability or confidence of their knowledge , the more on that ...
... should take fu- perior care to fecure for himself happiness in a future state , on a certainty of death and firm affurance of eternal life . The less is the degree of probability or confidence of their knowledge , the more on that ...
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... should appear different to a being endowed with fimilar per- cipient powers ; for in this cafe we should think the fubftrata to differ : this reasoning only con- cludes the causes to be different , when the effects in the fame ...
... should appear different to a being endowed with fimilar per- cipient powers ; for in this cafe we should think the fubftrata to differ : this reasoning only con- cludes the causes to be different , when the effects in the fame ...
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Page 93 - The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me ; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek ; he hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound...
Page 93 - ... opened not his mouth. He was taken from prifon and from judgment : and who fhall declare. his generation ? for he was cur off out of the land of the living : for the tranfgreffion of my people was he ftricken.
Page 93 - But He was wounded for our tranfgreffions, He was bruifed for our iniquities : the chaftifement of our peace was upon Him ; and with His ftripes we are healed. All we like meep have gone aftray ; we have turned every one to his own way ; and the LORD hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Page 93 - He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth : He is brought as a lamb to the flaughter, and as a fheep before her fhearers is dumb, fo He openeth not His mouth. He was taken from prifon and from judgment : and who mall declare His generation ? for He was cut off out of the land of the living : for the tranfgreffion of my people was was He ftricken.
Page 93 - He is defpifed and rejected of men ; a Man of forrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him ; He was defpifed, and we efteemed Him not.
Page 115 - I could subjoin in utility : many more might have been added, but I never could hear of any reader in England out of Cambridge, who took the pains to read and understand what I have written.
Page 94 - And He made His grave with the wicked, and with the rich in His death ; becaufe He had done no violence, neither was any deceit in His mouth.
Page 92 - The prediction of Ifaiah is ftill clearer : ch. ix. 6, 7. " unto us a child is born, unto us a fon is " given, and the government fhall be upon his fhoulders ; and his " name fhall be called * Wonderful, Counfellor, the Mighty God, ." the Everlafting Father, the Prince of Peace : of the increafe of " his government and peace there fhall be no end, upon the throne
Page 93 - The Spirit of the LORD GOD is upon Me, becaufe the LORD hath anointed me...
Page 114 - I have given a history of the inventions of the different writers, and ascribed them to their respective authors, and likewise some account of my own. To every one of these sciences I have been able to make some additions, and in the whole, if I am not mistaken in enumerating them, somewhere between three and four...