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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... whole bufinefs of the best fort of moralists has been , to find out expedients and colours for making men eafy in that fituation . The most part , if not all of their mif- takes , may be justly imputed to their ne- glecting , or not ...
... whole bufinefs of the best fort of moralists has been , to find out expedients and colours for making men eafy in that fituation . The most part , if not all of their mif- takes , may be justly imputed to their ne- glecting , or not ...
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... whole owes its exift- ence , as well as difpofition , to the immense power and boundless wifdom of the first and original being , now acknowledged by every body who has any pretenfions to thought or reflection . It must be indeed ...
... whole owes its exift- ence , as well as difpofition , to the immense power and boundless wifdom of the first and original being , now acknowledged by every body who has any pretenfions to thought or reflection . It must be indeed ...
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... whole fabrick is built ; the second fits and qualifies for proper enjoyments ; and the third furnith- es out the proper materials , and applies them to answer their several purposes . By this , then , we may judge what are the proper ...
... whole fabrick is built ; the second fits and qualifies for proper enjoyments ; and the third furnith- es out the proper materials , and applies them to answer their several purposes . By this , then , we may judge what are the proper ...
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... whole , without the leaft interfering , or marring the peculiar operations of any of them . These are all of them found reduced in- to three very diftinct fystems , for answer- ing fo many diftinct purposes in life ; the first adjusted ...
... whole , without the leaft interfering , or marring the peculiar operations of any of them . These are all of them found reduced in- to three very diftinct fystems , for answer- ing fo many diftinct purposes in life ; the first adjusted ...
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... whole , and managing the whole machinery of the universe ; but of certain inferior ones , whose province it was to take care of every part . All the writings , both of their philofo- phers and poets , are full of instances . Nor did it ...
... whole , and managing the whole machinery of the universe ; but of certain inferior ones , whose province it was to take care of every part . All the writings , both of their philofo- phers and poets , are full of instances . Nor did it ...
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