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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... first , there is more neceffary than the most ex- alted apprehenfions of the fublimest philo- fophers were ever able to reach . And un- der the last , it is evident there must be as many different degrees , as there are diffe- rent ...
... first , there is more neceffary than the most ex- alted apprehenfions of the fublimest philo- fophers were ever able to reach . And un- der the last , it is evident there must be as many different degrees , as there are diffe- rent ...
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... first and original being , now acknowledged by every body who has any pretenfions to thought or reflection . It must be indeed acknowledged , that creation out of nothing , or giving being to what before was not , is as much above all ...
... first and original being , now acknowledged by every body who has any pretenfions to thought or reflection . It must be indeed acknowledged , that creation out of nothing , or giving being to what before was not , is as much above all ...
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... be criminal . As the being of all created things is at best but borrowed , fo it must be abfolute- ly precarious , and the continuance of it depend depend entirely on him who first bestowed it . No 22 Eff . I. Of HAPPINESS .
... be criminal . As the being of all created things is at best but borrowed , fo it must be abfolute- ly precarious , and the continuance of it depend depend entirely on him who first bestowed it . No 22 Eff . I. Of HAPPINESS .
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Robert Riccaltoun. depend entirely on him who first bestowed it . No one moment of their duration has any neceffary connection with another ; as they were raised at first , they must be con- tinually fupported , by almighty power ; which ...
Robert Riccaltoun. depend entirely on him who first bestowed it . No one moment of their duration has any neceffary connection with another ; as they were raised at first , they must be con- tinually fupported , by almighty power ; which ...
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... first view , it is but a forry ac- count we can make of the feveral objects of enjoyment ; as there are few fall under our obfervation , and it is but a very fuperfi- cial knowledge we have of thofe which do . And yet , as we may be ...
... first view , it is but a forry ac- count we can make of the feveral objects of enjoyment ; as there are few fall under our obfervation , and it is but a very fuperfi- cial knowledge we have of thofe which do . And yet , as we may be ...
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