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Contrivance , by its very definition and nature , is the refuge of imperfection . To have recourse to expedients , implies difficulty , impediments , restraint , defect of power . This question belongs to the other senses , as well as ...
Contrivance , by its very definition and nature , is the refuge of imperfection . To have recourse to expedients , implies difficulty , impediments , restraint , defect of power . This question belongs to the other senses , as well as ...
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purpose , the art of man , expressly exercised upon the subject , has not been able to devise any thing better than what nature presents to his observation . Is not this therefore mechanism , which the mechanic , having a similar ...
purpose , the art of man , expressly exercised upon the subject , has not been able to devise any thing better than what nature presents to his observation . Is not this therefore mechanism , which the mechanic , having a similar ...
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Amongst other things , it proves the personality of the Deity , as distinguished from what is sometimes called nature , sometimes called a principle : which terms , in the mouths of those who use them philosophically , seem to be ...
Amongst other things , it proves the personality of the Deity , as distinguished from what is sometimes called nature , sometimes called a principle : which terms , in the mouths of those who use them philosophically , seem to be ...
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Contents
State of the argument | 1 |
Application of the argument | 7 |
Application of the argument continued | 21 |
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according action Acts Amen animal answer apostle appears believe blessed body bring called cause chapter Christian church circumstances comfort concerning condition consider consideration continue contrivance course death direction duty effect epistle evil example expression faith Father fear give given glory grace hand hath hear heart heaven holy hope human instance Jesus Christ kind less letters live look Lord manner means mercy mind minister nature necessary never object observe occasion ourselves particular pass passage Paul person prayer present principle produce question reason receive relation religion religious repentance respect salvation sense servant sick sinner sins soul speak Spirit suffer suppose thee things thou thou hast thought tion true truth turn unto virtue whole
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| Title | Natural theology ; Horæ Paulinæ ; Clergyman's companion ; and sermons Volume 2 of The Works of William Paley: Complete in Two Volumes, William Paley |
| Author | William Paley |
| Publisher | Henry Fisher, Son, and P. Jackson, 1928 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 20 Jun 2006 |
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