Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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Page xi
... received by the public ; while , on the other , he is checked by a sense of his deficiencies , espe- cially on a subject where he is less in pos- session of that near and actual experience , which in all practical cases is the great ...
... received by the public ; while , on the other , he is checked by a sense of his deficiencies , espe- cially on a subject where he is less in pos- session of that near and actual experience , which in all practical cases is the great ...
Page xiv
... receive from new and plausible political The- ories ; and to regulate his Expectations by what is obvious and practicable in the present State of human Nature , and the existing Circumstances of public Affairs 263 - Sect . II . To ...
... receive from new and plausible political The- ories ; and to regulate his Expectations by what is obvious and practicable in the present State of human Nature , and the existing Circumstances of public Affairs 263 - Sect . II . To ...
Page 10
... receiving any mark of distinction he is capable of understanding , immediately feels his im- portance , and is ready to exact a degree of homage from his companions . Nor will this humour , unless timely restrained , bę confined to his ...
... receiving any mark of distinction he is capable of understanding , immediately feels his im- portance , and is ready to exact a degree of homage from his companions . Nor will this humour , unless timely restrained , bę confined to his ...
Page 55
... receive a still greater increase , when , in the more advanced stages of so- ciety , to mutual co - operation is added know- ledge , and particularly the knowledge of those sciences and arts , which instruct us in the laws and powers of ...
... receive a still greater increase , when , in the more advanced stages of so- ciety , to mutual co - operation is added know- ledge , and particularly the knowledge of those sciences and arts , which instruct us in the laws and powers of ...
Page 72
... receive it from others , has no proximate power voluntarily to abase himself before the holiness and majesty of God , in whose presence all creatures are as nothing , and sinful creatures worse than nothing . Every proud man is ...
... receive it from others , has no proximate power voluntarily to abase himself before the holiness and majesty of God , in whose presence all creatures are as nothing , and sinful creatures worse than nothing . Every proud man is ...
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