Essay on the happiness of the life to comeR. Cruttwell, 1793 - 185 pages |
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... creature ; and that a perfect conviction , that he who knows and has power over all , will render us happy , forms a motive more than fuffi- cient to induce us to undertake every thing , to facrifice every thing , in obedience to his ...
... creature ; and that a perfect conviction , that he who knows and has power over all , will render us happy , forms a motive more than fuffi- cient to induce us to undertake every thing , to facrifice every thing , in obedience to his ...
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... creature , those which distinguish him from the brute , and form the effential part of his felicity , are the active pleasures : I mean those which he derives from the volun- tary use of his faculties . What is it to be acquainted with ...
... creature , those which distinguish him from the brute , and form the effential part of his felicity , are the active pleasures : I mean those which he derives from the volun- tary use of his faculties . What is it to be acquainted with ...
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... creatures , and rise to the honourable class of active beings : it is then , and then only , that the foul , enjoying the consciousness of its own dignity , finds in its actions a fatisfaction , a variety of pleasure , which no ...
... creatures , and rise to the honourable class of active beings : it is then , and then only , that the foul , enjoying the consciousness of its own dignity , finds in its actions a fatisfaction , a variety of pleasure , which no ...
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... creature , however perfect , can never acquire compleat ideas of every thing relative to the Deity ; and , in that cafe , that we may feel our curiofity ftrongly excited , without being poffeffed of the means to fatisfy it . But I ...
... creature , however perfect , can never acquire compleat ideas of every thing relative to the Deity ; and , in that cafe , that we may feel our curiofity ftrongly excited , without being poffeffed of the means to fatisfy it . But I ...
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... creatures are perfectly happy , and a great number of them are in a state of fuffering . This alone would be fufficient to render the happiness of the present life imperfect , even if it were a fituation in other refpects the most ...
... creatures are perfectly happy , and a great number of them are in a state of fuffering . This alone would be fufficient to render the happiness of the present life imperfect , even if it were a fituation in other refpects the most ...
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acquire affection affurance alfo almoſt alſo amongſt arife becauſe bleffings cauſe celeftial chriftian circumſtances compariſon confcience confequently confider confolation creatures curiofity defigns defires degree degrees of glory delightful difpofitions earth enjoyment eſtabliſhed eſteem eternal everlaſting evils exertions exiſtence faculties fafe fame fatisfaction fatisfy fear fecure feel felicity fellow-creatures felves fentiments fhall fincerely firſt fituation focial fome meaſure fometimes foothing forrow foul fource fpirits frequently friends friendſhip ftate fubject fublime fuccefs fuch fuffer fuperior fuppofe fures fweet glory goodneſs gratitude greateſt happineſs happy heart heaven himſelf idea immortality increaſing infinitely intereſt itſelf juſt knowledge leaſt lofe moft mortal moſt muſt neceffary objects occafion ourſelves perfect perfon pleaſure poffefs preſent profpect progrefs purſuit raiſe reaſon reflections regard render requifite ſhall enjoy ſhould ſtate ſtudies taſte thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand tion tranfporting tranquillity underſtanding univerfal uſeful virtue wiſdom
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