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... calls the world a singular effect , we are now beholding in this new watchmaker the operation of a singular cause — and that therefore it is impossible to predict what sort of consequent it may be , that will come out of his hands .
... calls the world a singular effect , we are now beholding in this new watchmaker the operation of a singular cause — and that therefore it is impossible to predict what sort of consequent it may be , that will come out of his hands .
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which forms the true consequent to the thought and agency of a purposing mind in the watchmaker . But in this said watch there are a thousand collateral things which , rightly speaking , form no part of the essential consequent — though ...
which forms the true consequent to the thought and agency of a purposing mind in the watchmaker . But in this said watch there are a thousand collateral things which , rightly speaking , form no part of the essential consequent — though ...
Page 145
In the effect , the strict and proper consequent is the adjustment and adaptation of parts for an obvious end . In the cause , the strict and proper antecedent is a designing intelligence , wherewith there may at the same time be ...
In the effect , the strict and proper consequent is the adjustment and adaptation of parts for an obvious end . In the cause , the strict and proper antecedent is a designing intelligence , wherewith there may at the same time be ...
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Contents
PRELIMINARY VIEWS | 17 |
Of the Metaphysics which have been resorted | 99 |
on the side of Theism | 121 |
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| Title | The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 1 The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Thomas Chalmers |
| Author | Thomas Chalmers |
| Publisher | W. Collins, 1836 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 11 Mar 2019 |
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