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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... highest pleasure , muft all be thoroughly understood . Is this a task for man ? What strength of understanding , what accuracy of judge- ment , what application and industry muft be required to fucceed but tolerably in it ? Enough to ...
... highest pleasure , muft all be thoroughly understood . Is this a task for man ? What strength of understanding , what accuracy of judge- ment , what application and industry muft be required to fucceed but tolerably in it ? Enough to ...
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... highest degree , and with infallible certainty , complete finished plea- fure , fatisfaction , delight , and continue for ever to do so ; and , at the same time , fupport the happy being in the poffeffion and and perfect exercise of all ...
... highest degree , and with infallible certainty , complete finished plea- fure , fatisfaction , delight , and continue for ever to do so ; and , at the same time , fupport the happy being in the poffeffion and and perfect exercise of all ...
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... highest conceptions of perfection we are capable of , are formed . We have no other We have no other way of conceiving of things fo much beyond our reach , than by applying to them what we know of fimilar , or any how analogous , ef ...
... highest conceptions of perfection we are capable of , are formed . We have no other We have no other way of conceiving of things fo much beyond our reach , than by applying to them what we know of fimilar , or any how analogous , ef ...
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... highest , that is , when in our way , all im- perfection is removed , it leads us into the conception of a perfectly free , independent , and therefore unlimited , power ; which ob- viously either fuppofes , or contains in it , every ...
... highest , that is , when in our way , all im- perfection is removed , it leads us into the conception of a perfectly free , independent , and therefore unlimited , power ; which ob- viously either fuppofes , or contains in it , every ...
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... highest enjoyments they are ca- pable of , would make but very indifferent entertainment for a man . And as we have more than probable reason to believe , that there are numberlefs orders of beings a- bove as well as below us , fome of ...
... highest enjoyments they are ca- pable of , would make but very indifferent entertainment for a man . And as we have more than probable reason to believe , that there are numberlefs orders of beings a- bove as well as below us , fome of ...
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