Four DissertationsT. Cadell, 1777 - 464 pages |
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... true , that some evils are impoffible to be feparated by any methods from the uniform operation of any law of nature neceffary to the general good , fuch evils only render this law so much less good , while yet it may be the best pof ...
... true , that some evils are impoffible to be feparated by any methods from the uniform operation of any law of nature neceffary to the general good , fuch evils only render this law so much less good , while yet it may be the best pof ...
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... true that our whole evidence for the Divine perfections is taken from the frame of nature . The discoveries of rea- fon , however they may be preceded by ob- servation and experience , and take their rife from them ; tranfcend them ...
... true that our whole evidence for the Divine perfections is taken from the frame of nature . The discoveries of rea- fon , however they may be preceded by ob- servation and experience , and take their rife from them ; tranfcend them ...
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... true " fource of all the powers and laws which " take place in the material world . " . To this conclufion all true philofophy leads us ; and it is a point so closely connected with the main purpose of this Differtation , that I shall ...
... true " fource of all the powers and laws which " take place in the material world . " . To this conclufion all true philofophy leads us ; and it is a point so closely connected with the main purpose of this Differtation , that I shall ...
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... true that it must yield to every impulse upon it in proportion to the force impressed , and that the motion communicated by every impulfe is always equal to that loft by the impelling body and cannot be either greater or less ; or , in ...
... true that it must yield to every impulse upon it in proportion to the force impressed , and that the motion communicated by every impulfe is always equal to that loft by the impelling body and cannot be either greater or less ; or , in ...
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Richard Price. be true on the supposition of active or un- refifting matter.For let a mass of fuch matter be conceived to ftrike another mafs of inactive matter at reft . I ask what would happen ? Not the moving of that at rest . For the ...
Richard Price. be true on the supposition of active or un- refifting matter.For let a mass of fuch matter be conceived to ftrike another mafs of inactive matter at reft . I ask what would happen ? Not the moving of that at rest . For the ...
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Page 448 - He that believeth on him is not condemned : but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Page 39 - That gravity should be innate, inherent and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking can ever fall into it.
Page 52 - Behold the fowls of the air : for they fow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they ? Which of you, by taking thought, can add one cubit unto his ftature?
Page 426 - There is a very strong presumption against common speculative truths, and against the most ordinary facts, before the proof of them; which yet is overcome by almost any proof. There is a presumption of millions to one, against the story of Caesar, or of any other man.
Page 283 - And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Page 319 - For what is our hope, our joy, our crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? For ye are our glory and joy," These, I say, with many others of a like nature, have been great refreshments to me.
Page 315 - ... to the city of the living God, to an innumerable company of angels, to the church of the firstborn, to the spirits of the just made perfect.
Page 340 - Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly of the church of the first-born, which are written in heaven, to the spirits of just men made perfect, to Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant, and to God the Judge of all.
Page 172 - But when we pafs further, and behold the dependency, continuation and confederacy of caufes, and the works of providence, then, according to the allegory of the poets, we eafily believe that the higheft link of nature's chain muft needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair ; or perceive " That philofophy, like •' Jacob's vifion, difcovers to us a ladder, whofe " top reaches up to the footftool of the throne