The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 1W. Collins, 1836 |
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... hath done what the telescope hath done in re- ference to the celestial mechanics , hath brought out from the obscurity in which for ages they had lain , objects of which the world was before un- conscious ; but to which when made known ...
... hath done what the telescope hath done in re- ference to the celestial mechanics , hath brought out from the obscurity in which for ages they had lain , objects of which the world was before un- conscious ; but to which when made known ...
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... hath been evolved on the contemplation of men . A world hath been expanded into a universe ; and natural astronomy shrinks into a very little thing , when compared with that mighty system which the great instru- ment of modern revelation ...
... hath been evolved on the contemplation of men . A world hath been expanded into a universe ; and natural astronomy shrinks into a very little thing , when compared with that mighty system which the great instru- ment of modern revelation ...
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... hath so constituted our nature , that , in the very flow and exercise of the good affections , there shall be the oil of gladness . There is instant delight in the first conception of benevolence . There is sustained delight in its ...
... hath so constituted our nature , that , in the very flow and exercise of the good affections , there shall be the oil of gladness . There is instant delight in the first conception of benevolence . There is sustained delight in its ...
Contents
PRELIMINARY VIEWS | 17 |
Of the Metaphysics which have been resorted | 99 |
MR HUMES OBJECTION TO THE A POSTERIORI | 121 |
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