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... some very urgent reason , arifing from very particular circumstances , attempt the arduous , and almost hopeless task of rectifying their errors ; though something more should be done towards reforming their conduct . But in youth the ...
... some very urgent reason , arifing from very particular circumstances , attempt the arduous , and almost hopeless task of rectifying their errors ; though something more should be done towards reforming their conduct . But in youth the ...
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... some- thing uncaused . That any being fhould be felf created is evidently abfurd , because that would fup- pofe that he had a being before he had , or that he existed , and did not exist at the fame time . For want of clearer knowledge ...
... some- thing uncaused . That any being fhould be felf created is evidently abfurd , because that would fup- pofe that he had a being before he had , or that he existed , and did not exist at the fame time . For want of clearer knowledge ...
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... some superior being . It is no wonder , that we feel , and must acknowledge the imperfection of our fa- culties , when they are employed upon fuch a fubject as this . We are involved in inextricable difficulties in confidering the ...
... some superior being . It is no wonder , that we feel , and must acknowledge the imperfection of our fa- culties , when they are employed upon fuch a fubject as this . We are involved in inextricable difficulties in confidering the ...
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... some precife given distance from the prefent moment . But as we are fure that the divine being himself , and duration itself , must have been without beginning , notwithstanding this argument ; the works of God may also have been ...
... some precife given distance from the prefent moment . But as we are fure that the divine being himself , and duration itself , must have been without beginning , notwithstanding this argument ; the works of God may also have been ...
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... some other way , useful to it ; and all animals are furnished with a variety of appetites and powers , which continually prompt them to feek , and enable them to enjoy fome kind of happiness . It seems to be an evident argument that the ...
... some other way , useful to it ; and all animals are furnished with a variety of appetites and powers , which continually prompt them to feek , and enable them to enjoy fome kind of happiness . It seems to be an evident argument that the ...
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