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Page 40
... who in reference to the celestial ethics , hath done what the telescope hath done in reference to the celestial mechanics , hath brought out from the obscurity in which for ages they had lain , objects of which the world was before ...
... who in reference to the celestial ethics , hath done what the telescope hath done in reference to the celestial mechanics , hath brought out from the obscurity in which for ages they had lain , objects of which the world was before ...
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And lastly , the telescope hath immeasurably extended the dominion of astronomical science . Objects , though before within the limits of vision yet descried but faintly , have had vivid illumination shed upon them ; and an immensity ...
And lastly , the telescope hath immeasurably extended the dominion of astronomical science . Objects , though before within the limits of vision yet descried but faintly , have had vivid illumination shed upon them ; and an immensity ...
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He 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 ...
He 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 ...
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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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