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... reafon or law will admit , that may pafs for juft ; but equity will take all things into confideration , that do accompa- ny the cafe ; and if the cafe require it , equity will abate of that which ftrict right will afford . There ...
... reafon or law will admit , that may pafs for juft ; but equity will take all things into confideration , that do accompa- ny the cafe ; and if the cafe require it , equity will abate of that which ftrict right will afford . There ...
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... reafon of things . " That is right , which the right of the matter doth refolve and determine itself to . 2. Other things are juft or right , by positive confti- tution or voluntary determination ; and that is either by a proprietor ...
... reafon of things . " That is right , which the right of the matter doth refolve and determine itself to . 2. Other things are juft or right , by positive confti- tution or voluntary determination ; and that is either by a proprietor ...
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... reafon of things is an univer- fal law , to which every body's liberty ought to vail and fubmit : now taking this for the rule , I confefs other - where every body is free , and may make use of his own right and property as himself fees ...
... reafon of things is an univer- fal law , to which every body's liberty ought to vail and fubmit : now taking this for the rule , I confefs other - where every body is free , and may make use of his own right and property as himself fees ...
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... conjunction with right , and a- greeable with univerfal reafon . So , according to law , in this cafe , is according to right . I isl Whatfoever things are just . 13 grofs body and an immortal foul, the better and ...
... conjunction with right , and a- greeable with univerfal reafon . So , according to law , in this cafe , is according to right . I isl Whatfoever things are just . 13 grofs body and an immortal foul, the better and ...
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... reafon according to usage and custom . Like- wife prescription is a good argument of right ; for right is thought to go along with practice , and title with poffeffion ; for if any body had had a demand to the contrary , why did not the ...
... reafon according to usage and custom . Like- wife prescription is a good argument of right ; for right is thought to go along with practice , and title with poffeffion ; for if any body had had a demand to the contrary , why did not the ...
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2dly accompliſhments againſt alfo alſo apoftle apprehenfions becauſe beſt body cafe caſe caufe cauſe Chrift chriftian compaffion confcience confider confideration conftitution contrary converfe creature defire difpofition divine doth elſe evil faculties faid faith fatisfaction fatisfied fcripture fecurity felf felves fenfe fhall fhew fhould finners firft firſt fome foul fpirit ftand ftate fubject fuch give glory God's goodneſs grace greateſt guife happineſs hath himſelf holy inftance iniquity itſelf judgment juft juftice juſt lefs liberty ligion live Lord man's meaſure mind and underſtanding moſt muſt nature neceffary nefs notion obferve occafion otherwife ourſelves paffion perfection perfons Pfal pleaſure preſent principles promife puniſhment purpoſe reafon refolve refpect religion repentance righteouſneſs Saviour ſay ſenſe ſhall ſpeak ſtate temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou truth unleſs unto uſe virtue whatſoever Wherefore wicked wiſdom
Popular passages
Page 323 - All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Page 128 - And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
Page 51 - For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Page 3 - For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us.
Page 59 - Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you ? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy ; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
Page 298 - Let light shine out of darkness,' made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
Page 270 - Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour ; this is the gift of God.
Page 270 - Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
Page 93 - For scarcely for a righteous man will one die ; yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Page 52 - AND after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: for true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.