Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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Page viii
... probably add nothing to his stock of political science , they might suggest to him a train of reflections in which he was far more interested , and which before might seldom have engaged his attention . From the transient and varying ...
... probably add nothing to his stock of political science , they might suggest to him a train of reflections in which he was far more interested , and which before might seldom have engaged his attention . From the transient and varying ...
Page 14
... probably be some exhibition of this nature . In whatever circumstances of so- ciety a man is placed , he is willing to im- press a flattering idea of himself . Nor is it inconsistent with this , that per- sons will sometimes seem to ...
... probably be some exhibition of this nature . In whatever circumstances of so- ciety a man is placed , he is willing to im- press a flattering idea of himself . Nor is it inconsistent with this , that per- sons will sometimes seem to ...
Page 24
... probably many of the fables of heathen poets are a corrupt derivation , that the first man , pure as he came from the hands of his Maker , was placed in the gar- den of Eden to dress and to keep it ; which service , whatever it meant ...
... probably many of the fables of heathen poets are a corrupt derivation , that the first man , pure as he came from the hands of his Maker , was placed in the gar- den of Eden to dress and to keep it ; which service , whatever it meant ...
Page 38
... means , the number of idle hands that would thus be thrown upon it , and the consequent de- ficiency of labour , would probably soon Prov . xxiii . 5 . reduce it more below its proper situation , than it 38 [ PART I. Of the immediate.
... means , the number of idle hands that would thus be thrown upon it , and the consequent de- ficiency of labour , would probably soon Prov . xxiii . 5 . reduce it more below its proper situation , than it 38 [ PART I. Of the immediate.
Page 57
... probably expect to meet with men of a free and enlarged understand- ing . It is therefore in those states whose ani- mating principle is liberty , that we must look for a just exercise of reason , or a spirit of free inquiry . Under ...
... probably expect to meet with men of a free and enlarged understand- ing . It is therefore in those states whose ani- mating principle is liberty , that we must look for a just exercise of reason , or a spirit of free inquiry . Under ...
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