Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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Page 27
... existence of all civil society , will never be discharged but under the compulsion of necessity ; which is the only weight that , in this case , can keep the political machine in motion . And all that can reasonably be proposed by human ...
... existence of all civil society , will never be discharged but under the compulsion of necessity ; which is the only weight that , in this case , can keep the political machine in motion . And all that can reasonably be proposed by human ...
Page 41
... existence ; though , after every provision , nothing could prevent bad men from diffusing their poison in a more subtle and insinuating manner , whether by the dubious turn of their conversation , or the general style of their behaviour ...
... existence ; though , after every provision , nothing could prevent bad men from diffusing their poison in a more subtle and insinuating manner , whether by the dubious turn of their conversation , or the general style of their behaviour ...
Page 50
... existence , it is pro- bable his liberty corresponds to his situation , and is consequently of less extent than what naturally belongs to the other orders of in- telligences ; of whom the least , for any thing we know to the contrary ...
... existence , it is pro- bable his liberty corresponds to his situation , and is consequently of less extent than what naturally belongs to the other orders of in- telligences ; of whom the least , for any thing we know to the contrary ...
Page 76
... existence at all , had not a gracious provision been made for his reco- very upon the foresight of his lapse ; as it hath not , that I know of , been expressly revealed , it would seem to me presumption in any man to determine . God ...
... existence at all , had not a gracious provision been made for his reco- very upon the foresight of his lapse ; as it hath not , that I know of , been expressly revealed , it would seem to me presumption in any man to determine . God ...
Page 82
... existence and order of civil life . In this progress of society from rudeness to refinement , it may be proper to consider three periods , and the aspect that each of them bears upon virtue and happiness . The first will detain us ...
... existence and order of civil life . In this progress of society from rudeness to refinement , it may be proper to consider three periods , and the aspect that each of them bears upon virtue and happiness . The first will detain us ...
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