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Page 54
... may indeed produce faint velleities , or ineffectual wifhes ; but until the heart is engaged , į . e . the animal mechanism right set for the the purpose , no permanent course of ac- tion does 54 Eff . II . Of the HUMAN.
... may indeed produce faint velleities , or ineffectual wifhes ; but until the heart is engaged , į . e . the animal mechanism right set for the the purpose , no permanent course of ac- tion does 54 Eff . II . Of the HUMAN.
Page 121
... It is certain alfo , that no motive , or set of motives , operate equally on all men ; nor even on the fame man at different times , VOL . I. and and in different fituations of mind , as we commonly CONSTITUTION , ¿ c . 121.
... It is certain alfo , that no motive , or set of motives , operate equally on all men ; nor even on the fame man at different times , VOL . I. and and in different fituations of mind , as we commonly CONSTITUTION , ¿ c . 121.
Page 182
... different kind of be- ings , which fome how or other have been obtruded upon all the world , to account for the rife and original of which , when seriously • seriously set about , will be found a very 182 Eff . 6 . NOSCE TEIPSUM .
... different kind of be- ings , which fome how or other have been obtruded upon all the world , to account for the rife and original of which , when seriously • seriously set about , will be found a very 182 Eff . 6 . NOSCE TEIPSUM .
Page 183
Robert Riccaltoun. • seriously set about , will be found a very difficult task . That there are certain invisible powers , immensely above the human , will readily occur to any who has but an ordinary degree of reflection . A reflection ...
Robert Riccaltoun. • seriously set about , will be found a very difficult task . That there are certain invisible powers , immensely above the human , will readily occur to any who has but an ordinary degree of reflection . A reflection ...
Page 198
... set of men , who , in the pride of what they call philo- sophy , have boldly taken upon them to chalk out the measures of divine wisdom , and to define pofitively what the creator may or may not do ; and if their measures are not ...
... set of men , who , in the pride of what they call philo- sophy , have boldly taken upon them to chalk out the measures of divine wisdom , and to define pofitively what the creator may or may not do ; and if their measures are not ...
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Page 375 - For the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Page 311 - Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 197 - That was the True Light, which enlighteneth every man that cometh into the world.
Page 196 - For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man ; but holy men of God fpake as they were moved by the Holy Ghoft.
Page 332 - Lord who was born in the world, any one may see ; as also that " He and the Father are one ; and that he is in the Father and the Father in him ;" and that " he who seeth him seeth the Father,
Page 330 - The Lord hath fworn, and will not repent. Thou art a prieft for ever after the order of Melchifedech.
Page 232 - ... to fave to the uttermoft all that come unto God by him.
Page 375 - He that dwelleth in Love .dwelleth in God and God in him; for God is Love. (The room is suddenly black with night. Then a hymn bursts forth as though from a great choir of voices, and in the doorway MICHAEL, bathed in light, stands looking upward. Before him, at the foot of the stairs, kneel the two peasants...
Page 279 - Every man has a right to do what he will with his own...
Page 358 - Not by works of righ" teoufnefs which we have done, but ac" cording to his mercy he faved us, by the " waming of regeneration, and renewing " of the Spirit ; which God, in his love " and kindnefs to man, fheds or pours " out abundantly through Jefus Chrift the