The Works of Joseph Butler ...: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, by Dr Kippis; : with a Preface, Giving Some Account of His Character and Writings,Walker and Greig, 1813 |
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... possible , at all affect either the general proof of religion , or its external evidence . + Still objections may be made against the wisdom and goodness of the divine government , to which analogy , which can only shew the truth or ...
... possible , at all affect either the general proof of religion , or its external evidence . + Still objections may be made against the wisdom and goodness of the divine government , to which analogy , which can only shew the truth or ...
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... possible presumption is of the nature of a probability , appears from hence , that such low presumption , often repeated , will amount even to moral certainty . Thus , a man's having observed the ebb and flow of the tide to - day ...
... possible presumption is of the nature of a probability , appears from hence , that such low presumption , often repeated , will amount even to moral certainty . Thus , a man's having observed the ebb and flow of the tide to - day ...
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... possible object of knowledge , whether past , present , or future , can be probable to an infinite Intelligence ; since it cannot but be discerned absolutely as it is in itself , certainly true , or certainly false . But to us ...
... possible object of knowledge , whether past , present , or future , can be probable to an infinite Intelligence ; since it cannot but be discerned absolutely as it is in itself , certainly true , or certainly false . But to us ...
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... possible ; yet we are far from being able to judge what particular disposition of things would be most friendly and assistant to virtue , or what means might be absolutely necessary to produce the most happiness in a system of such ...
... possible ; yet we are far from being able to judge what particular disposition of things would be most friendly and assistant to virtue , or what means might be absolutely necessary to produce the most happiness in a system of such ...
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... possible evidence to all those to whom it is revealed ; but only to such a part of mankind , and with such particular evidence , as the wisdom of God thought fit.f The design , then , of the following Treatise will be to show , that the ...
... possible evidence to all those to whom it is revealed ; but only to such a part of mankind , and with such particular evidence , as the wisdom of God thought fit.f The design , then , of the following Treatise will be to show , that the ...
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Page 6 - Origen* has with singular sagacity observed, that "he who believes the Scripture to have proceeded from him who is the Author of nature, may well expect to find the same sort of difficulties in it as are found in the constitution of nature.
Page 309 - It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Page 317 - And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.
Page 238 - Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
Page lix - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it, as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment ; and nothing remained, but to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of reprisals, for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world.
Page 240 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying ; Blessing and honour and glory and power be unto him that sitteth upon the throne and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page xxviii - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than Heaven pursue. What blessings Thy free bounty gives, Let me not cast away; For God is paid when man receives, T
Page 305 - And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Page 37 - But the only distinct meaning of that word is, stated, fixed, or settled: since what is natural as much requires, and presupposes an intelligent agent to render it so, ie to effect it continually, or at stated times, as what is supernatural or miraculous does to effect it for once. And from hence it must, follow, that persons...
Page 215 - And as, it is owned, the whole scheme of Scripture is not yet understood, so, if it ever comes to be understood, before the restitution of all things,* and without miraculous interpositions, it must be in the same way as natural knowledge is come at, by the continuance and progress of learning and of liberty, and by particular persons attending to, comparing and pursuing intimations scattered up and down it, which are overlooked and disregarded by the generality of the world.