An Essay Towards the Theory of the Ideal Or Intelligible World. Design'd for Two Parts: The First Considering it Absolutely in it Self, and the Second in Relation to Human Understanding ...S. Manship, 1704 |
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... most confiderable Affiftance towards the dif sovery of Truth , and the improvement of the Sci- ences . But we that want thefe Advantages , who have Parochial Cures to attend upon , whofe Hands are have The PREFACE . Towards.
... most confiderable Affiftance towards the dif sovery of Truth , and the improvement of the Sci- ences . But we that want thefe Advantages , who have Parochial Cures to attend upon , whofe Hands are have The PREFACE . Towards.
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... most fenfible of the Difficulties I have labour'd with in this Undertaking ( as knowing how hard it is to write well upon any Subject , much more upon one fo abftrufe as this is ) and accordingly ' tis from them that I promife my felf most ...
... most fenfible of the Difficulties I have labour'd with in this Undertaking ( as knowing how hard it is to write well upon any Subject , much more upon one fo abftrufe as this is ) and accordingly ' tis from them that I promife my felf most ...
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... most happily ( indeed admirably ) fitted for the illuftra- tion and compendious Conveyance of their Noti- ons > tho ' perhaps every one that uses them may not rightly apply them ; nor , it may be , they al- ways themselves . And indeed ...
... most happily ( indeed admirably ) fitted for the illuftra- tion and compendious Conveyance of their Noti- ons > tho ' perhaps every one that uses them may not rightly apply them ; nor , it may be , they al- ways themselves . And indeed ...
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... most reasonable to fuppofe , that it was therein contained under the Term of Wisdom , which occurs fo often in the Writings of Solomon , the Pfalms , and elfe- where , there being no other that carries so near an Affinity with it . And ...
... most reasonable to fuppofe , that it was therein contained under the Term of Wisdom , which occurs fo often in the Writings of Solomon , the Pfalms , and elfe- where , there being no other that carries so near an Affinity with it . And ...
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... most advisable to begin . In the mean time , Rea- der , fuppofing thee to have confider'd the former Part , I now commit this to thy Hands ; befeeching thee , if thou vouchsafest to peruse it , not to do it with too much hafte , nor ...
... most advisable to begin . In the mean time , Rea- der , fuppofing thee to have confider'd the former Part , I now commit this to thy Hands ; befeeching thee , if thou vouchsafest to peruse it , not to do it with too much hafte , nor ...
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abfolutely Abſtraction according Affent againſt alfo alſo anſwer Auftin becauſe befides Bodies call'd Caufe cauſe ceive Colour conceive Conclufion confequently confider confider'd Confideration confift diftinct Divine Ideas Effence effentially elfe elſe Eternal exprefs faid fame feems feen felf felves fenfe fenfible ferve fhall fhew fhewn fhould fimple fince firft fome fomething fometimes formal fpeak ftand fuch fufficient fuppofe himſelf Hypothefis Ideas whereby immediate Object Immutable impoffible Impreffion intel intellectual intelligible itſelf leaft leaſt lefs Light lumen Malebranche Matter meaſure Mind Modalities moft moſt Motion muft muſt Nature neceffary neceffity obferve occafion otherwife perceive Perception perfect Philofophers Pleaſure poffible pofitive prefent Principle Propofition purpoſe Queſtion quod Reaſon refpect reprefent Science ſeems Senfation Senfe Sentiment ſhall Soul ſpeak Species Subftance Suppofition ſuppoſe thefe themſelves ther theſe things thofe thoſe Ideas Thought tion tis plain true Truth underſtand underſtood uſe Vifion whofe Wiſdom
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Page 77 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Page 573 - The condition of man, after the fall of Adam, is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God : wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 205 - Who only hath immortality, dwelleth in the light, which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see...
Page 4 - If I climb up into heaven, thou art there : if I go down to hell, thou art there also.
Page 302 - Now we fee him through a Glafs darkly, but then Face to Face. Now we know him in part, but then fhall we know him even as we our felves are known.
Page 318 - Although things necessary and immutable be not the immediate objects of perception, they may be immediate objects of other powers of the mind. Fourth, " If material things were perceived by themselves, they would be a true light to our minds, as being the intelligible form of our understandings, and consequently perfective of them, and indeed superior to them...
Page 536 - ... videt. Credat ergo Deum fecisse quod vera ratione ab eo faciendum fuisse cognovit, etiam si hoc in rebus factis non videt.
Page 303 - Lord, is the Well of Life, and in thy Light fhall we fee Light.
Page 461 - Who being the brightnefs of his glory, and the exprefs image of his perfon, and upholding all things by the word of his power...
Page 447 - ... sovereign wisdom of God by the pettiness of their own mind. Thus, since God can reveal everything to minds simply by willing that they see what is in their midst, ie, what in Him is related to and represents these things, there is no likelihood that He does otherwise, or that He does so by producing as many infinities of infinite numbers of ideas as there are created minds.