A Sermon Preach'd Before the University of Oxford at St. Peters Church in the East on Mid-Lent Sunday, March 29, 1685Leonard Lichfield, 1685 - 28 pages |
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... and the prefent occafion .. I begin with the firft Propofition , That we are not at our own liberty to entertain what Opini- ons we please concerning our felves , but that we ought • ought to regulate them by fome Standard . The ( 7 )
... and the prefent occafion .. I begin with the firft Propofition , That we are not at our own liberty to entertain what Opini- ons we please concerning our felves , but that we ought • ought to regulate them by fome Standard . The ( 7 )
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... Liberty . Now that this cannot be the Will , I fuppofe will be acknowledged a clear con sequence if the Will neceffarily follows the Practi- cal Dictate of the Understanding . And that it does fo , I think there is Demonftration ...
... Liberty . Now that this cannot be the Will , I fuppofe will be acknowledged a clear con sequence if the Will neceffarily follows the Practi- cal Dictate of the Understanding . And that it does fo , I think there is Demonftration ...
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... Liberty , and confequently not of Obligation . 2 1 But then are we not involv'd in the fame difficulty as to the understanding ? Does not that act with equal ( if not more ) neceffity than the Will ? So I know it is ordinarily taught ...
... Liberty , and confequently not of Obligation . 2 1 But then are we not involv'd in the fame difficulty as to the understanding ? Does not that act with equal ( if not more ) neceffity than the Will ? So I know it is ordinarily taught ...
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... Liberty in the Principle , the mistake which influenc'd the action was vincible , and confequently the action it felf imputable . This Hypothefis however strange it may feem to those that have fworn Faith and Al- legiance to the ...
... Liberty in the Principle , the mistake which influenc'd the action was vincible , and confequently the action it felf imputable . This Hypothefis however strange it may feem to those that have fworn Faith and Al- legiance to the ...
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... liberty to entertain what Opinions we please concerning our felves , but that we ought to regu- late them by fome Standard . Now the general reafon of this is , becaufe ' tis of great moment and influence in relation to our Practice ...
... liberty to entertain what Opinions we please concerning our felves , but that we ought to regu- late them by fome Standard . Now the general reafon of this is , becaufe ' tis of great moment and influence in relation to our Practice ...
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Abfurdities and ill according as God action muſt adviſe affuming againſt alſo altho Apoſtle Babylon becauſe he thinks becauſe tis Befides beſt Cauſe cellencies Cenfure concerning our felves confider confiderable confifts courfe Defire derſtanding Dictate Difcourfe Divine elſe faid feem felf fhall fhould think fince Firft Firſt fome Standard fruftrates all Methods ftand fubject fuch fufficient Gnostics God has dealt Happineſs Herod highly Hypothefis ill Confequences indow'd Intellectual JOHN NORRIS juft laft place lefs length refolv'd loves himſelf Mankind Maſter Meaſure measure of Faith miſtake moſt muft natural neceffarily underſtand neceffary Neceffity never fo notwithſtanding obferve Obligation Opinions we pleaſe Paffion perveniffe pleas'd pleaſe concerning poffible prefent Preparatory Pofition proceed fo Proud queſtion real worth reaſon reflect regu rily ſelf Soul neceffarily ſubmit thefe themſelves theſe things think foberly think himſelf third and laft thoſe acts Twas Univerſity unleſs unqualifies uſe Vertue whatſoever wherein whofe whole
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Page 5 - For I fay, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think, of himfelf more highly than he ought to think, but to think foberly, according as God hath dealt to .every man the meafure of Faith.
Page 17 - What man knoweth the thinges of a man if not the spirit of man which [is] in himself.