Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects: Part III. ... By Jeremy Collier, M.A.George Strahan, 1720 - 108 pages |
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... Patience . Thus in the cafe of the Mar- tyrs , tho ' the Limbs were paffive and defenceless , the Senfes were extraordi- narily protected , and the Mind as it were privileged from Arreft . Sometimes the Laws of Matter and Motion have ...
... Patience . Thus in the cafe of the Mar- tyrs , tho ' the Limbs were paffive and defenceless , the Senfes were extraordi- narily protected , and the Mind as it were privileged from Arreft . Sometimes the Laws of Matter and Motion have ...
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... Patience with Thinking . FX To come towards a Conclufion . Since Pain is not the necessary refult of Mat- ter and Motion ; as I think I have pro- ved to Demonstration that it is not we may from hence infer , ift , That we may be reach'd ...
... Patience with Thinking . FX To come towards a Conclufion . Since Pain is not the necessary refult of Mat- ter and Motion ; as I think I have pro- ved to Demonstration that it is not we may from hence infer , ift , That we may be reach'd ...
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... Patience would have a fevere Trial : In fuch a Cafe the Power of ill Men would be frightfully enlarg'd , and the Practice of Virtue become much more hazardous , and difficult . But God has been pleas'd not to fet the Terms of Obedience ...
... Patience would have a fevere Trial : In fuch a Cafe the Power of ill Men would be frightfully enlarg'd , and the Practice of Virtue become much more hazardous , and difficult . But God has been pleas'd not to fet the Terms of Obedience ...
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... Patience is exercis'd , and their Merit put to the Test ; and then to take off the Hardship , is to lef fen the Reward . Thus , if our good Nature was always gratified , the Schemes of Providence must be disturb'd , and the Measures of ...
... Patience is exercis'd , and their Merit put to the Test ; and then to take off the Hardship , is to lef fen the Reward . Thus , if our good Nature was always gratified , the Schemes of Providence must be disturb'd , and the Measures of ...
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... Patience was not over - fet they were not tired with their Commifli- on . But this hinders not their willing- ness to move with greater ease . Howe ver , God was pleas'd not to make them impregnable ; they were left under the ...
... Patience was not over - fet they were not tired with their Commifli- on . But this hinders not their willing- ness to move with greater ease . Howe ver , God was pleas'd not to make them impregnable ; they were left under the ...
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