The Works of the Late Reverend Mr. Robert Riccaltoun, Minister of the Gospel at Hobkirk, Volume 1A. Murray & J. Cochran, 1771 |
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... enjoyment of all the objects or materials of pleasure , scattered as they are through the universe ; nay even of thofe which lie next to our hands , it is but a small pittance that can fall one's fhare . Hence , it may be prefu- med ...
... enjoyment of all the objects or materials of pleasure , scattered as they are through the universe ; nay even of thofe which lie next to our hands , it is but a small pittance that can fall one's fhare . Hence , it may be prefu- med ...
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... enjoyment arising from the reflection upon his own excellency and worth , made him , in their opinion , a match even for the gods , and far above every earthly power . The other very juftly concluded , that thefe fort of flourishes were ...
... enjoyment arising from the reflection upon his own excellency and worth , made him , in their opinion , a match even for the gods , and far above every earthly power . The other very juftly concluded , that thefe fort of flourishes were ...
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... enjoyment of complete and abfolutely perfect good ; that the matter , the poffef- fion , and the enjoyment , must all be per- fect , and abfolutely fo , to make out a hap- piness of this kind : the leaft remiffion or abatement in any of ...
... enjoyment of complete and abfolutely perfect good ; that the matter , the poffef- fion , and the enjoyment , must all be per- fect , and abfolutely fo , to make out a hap- piness of this kind : the leaft remiffion or abatement in any of ...
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... enjoyment . That there must be at the fame time an abfolutely perfect poffeffion of this fame perfect good , is as evident ; and that can- not fubfift without the abfolute property of it , independent of , and altogether a- bove the ...
... enjoyment . That there must be at the fame time an abfolutely perfect poffeffion of this fame perfect good , is as evident ; and that can- not fubfift without the abfolute property of it , independent of , and altogether a- bove the ...
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... life , and the powers of it , as including every thing neceffary to make out a capacity for every enjoyment . In its loweft degree , it ap- B 2 pears pears to carry in it the power of perceiving the and PERFECTION . ΙΙ.
... life , and the powers of it , as including every thing neceffary to make out a capacity for every enjoyment . In its loweft degree , it ap- B 2 pears pears to carry in it the power of perceiving the and PERFECTION . ΙΙ.
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