The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 1W. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 19
... ourselves up that we may take hold of God , but the " clouds and darkness which are round about Him " seem to repel the enterprise as hope- less ; and man , as if overborne by a sense of little- ness , feels as if nothing can be done ...
... ourselves up that we may take hold of God , but the " clouds and darkness which are round about Him " seem to repel the enterprise as hope- less ; and man , as if overborne by a sense of little- ness , feels as if nothing can be done ...
Page 109
... ourselves of the con- ception of a stable existence in the modes , so neither therefore can we rid ourselves of the con- ception of an existent substance to which these modes belong . We repeat that we have no faith in the product of ...
... ourselves of the con- ception of a stable existence in the modes , so neither therefore can we rid ourselves of the con- ception of an existent substance to which these modes belong . We repeat that we have no faith in the product of ...
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... ourselves are the de- signers ; and , from the similarity of those effects which proceed from ourselves to those which pro- ceed from our neighbours , we infer on a sufficient experimental ground that there are design and a designing ...
... ourselves are the de- signers ; and , from the similarity of those effects which proceed from ourselves to those which pro- ceed from our neighbours , we infer on a sufficient experimental ground that there are design and a designing ...
Contents
PRELIMINARY VIEWS | 17 |
Of the Metaphysics which have been resorted | 99 |
MR HUMES OBJECTION TO THE A POSTERIORI | 121 |
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