“The” Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson ...W. Ruddiman, 1772 |
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Page 33
... greater , or other than this , the thing is not capable of . If God fhould affume a body , and present himself before our eyes , this might amaze us , but could not give us any rational affurance that there is an infinite fpirit . If he ...
... greater , or other than this , the thing is not capable of . If God fhould affume a body , and present himself before our eyes , this might amaze us , but could not give us any rational affurance that there is an infinite fpirit . If he ...
Page 37
... greater , because they are aggravated , and fet on by the reftlefs workings of our mind , and exafperated by the fmart - reflections and frettings of our own thoughts . And if there be no God , we are wholly without comfort under all ...
... greater , because they are aggravated , and fet on by the reftlefs workings of our mind , and exafperated by the fmart - reflections and frettings of our own thoughts . And if there be no God , we are wholly without comfort under all ...
Page 39
... greater lofs to man- kind , and of more difmal confequence , and , if it were true , ought to affect us with more grief and horror , than the extinguishing of the fun . Let but all things be well confidered , and I am very confident ...
... greater lofs to man- kind , and of more difmal confequence , and , if it were true , ought to affect us with more grief and horror , than the extinguishing of the fun . Let but all things be well confidered , and I am very confident ...
Page 42
... greater folly . Not to believe a God , and another life , for which there is fo much evidence of reafon , is great ignorance and folly : but it is the higheft madness , when a man does believe these things , to live as if he did not ...
... greater folly . Not to believe a God , and another life , for which there is fo much evidence of reafon , is great ignorance and folly : but it is the higheft madness , when a man does believe these things , to live as if he did not ...
Page 43
... greater folly and madness , than for a man , in matters of great eft moment and concernment , to act against his best rea- fon and understanding , and by his life to contradict his belief . Such a man does perifh with his eyes open ...
... greater folly and madness , than for a man , in matters of great eft moment and concernment , to act against his best rea- fon and understanding , and by his life to contradict his belief . Such a man does perifh with his eyes open ...
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