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... end is that which the agent seeks in what he does , for its own sake : That he has respect to , as what he loves ... last end , his gratifying his appetite ; but to a nearer end , viz . his buying husbandry tools ; and his obtaining ...
... end is that which the agent seeks in what he does , for its own sake : That he has respect to , as what he loves ... last end , his gratifying his appetite ; but to a nearer end , viz . his buying husbandry tools ; and his obtaining ...
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... end which an agent has in view , may be both his immediate and his ultimate end ; his next and his last end . That end which is sought for the sake of itself , and not for the sake of a further end , is an ultimate end ; it is ultimate or ...
... end which an agent has in view , may be both his immediate and his ultimate end ; his next and his last end . That end which is sought for the sake of itself , and not for the sake of a further end , is an ultimate end ; it is ultimate or ...
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... end , or for the sake of the ultimate end , that it is in order to . But yet a subordinate end may be valued more ... last end , and also is looked upon as certainly connected with it .... then the subordinate end may be as much valued ...
... end , or for the sake of the ultimate end , that it is in order to . But yet a subordinate end may be valued more ... last end , and also is looked upon as certainly connected with it .... then the subordinate end may be as much valued ...
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... last end , because her last end is the pleasure of gratifying her appetite , without any trouble that shall countervail , and in effect destroy it . Or if it be so , that her appetite cannot be gratified without this fruit , nor yet ...
... last end , because her last end is the pleasure of gratifying her appetite , without any trouble that shall countervail , and in effect destroy it . Or if it be so , that her appetite cannot be gratified without this fruit , nor yet ...
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... last end . The same may be said , of avoiding of that which is in itself painful or disagreeable : For the avoiding of what is disagreeable is agreeable . This will be evident to any bearing in mind the meaning of the terms . By last ...
... last end . The same may be said , of avoiding of that which is in itself painful or disagreeable : For the avoiding of what is disagreeable is agreeable . This will be evident to any bearing in mind the meaning of the terms . By last ...
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Page 228 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow ; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Page 394 - For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Page 483 - I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt : open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Page 317 - As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 77 - ... the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Page 125 - For as many as are of the works of the law, are under the curse : for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Page 232 - Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to GOD, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
Page 71 - ... the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power ; when He shall come to be glorified in His saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
Page 95 - Hath not the potter power over the clay; of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour and another unto dishonour? What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: and that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
Page 288 - Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him (xxii.