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... action , or an original power of acting upon other things , we cannot but conclude that God is an imma- terial being , or a Spirit . But , we must acknowledge ourselves to be altogether ig- norant of the nature or effence of God , and ...
... action , or an original power of acting upon other things , we cannot but conclude that God is an imma- terial being , or a Spirit . But , we must acknowledge ourselves to be altogether ig- norant of the nature or effence of God , and ...
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... action , and motion to all other beings . Notwithstanding our- ignorance , therefore , concerning the na- ture of matter , and of the properties which may , or may not be compatible with it , there feems to be fufficient reason to ...
... action , and motion to all other beings . Notwithstanding our- ignorance , therefore , concerning the na- ture of matter , and of the properties which may , or may not be compatible with it , there feems to be fufficient reason to ...
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... action and enjoyment , than any other inhabitants of the earth ; and the world abounds with more fources of happiness to us than to any other order of beings upon it . So perfectly adapted are the inanimate , the vegetable , and the ...
... action and enjoyment , than any other inhabitants of the earth ; and the world abounds with more fources of happiness to us than to any other order of beings upon it . So perfectly adapted are the inanimate , the vegetable , and the ...
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... action in the divine being , happiness must prevail amongst those that are capable of it . ble that there should be , more mifery than happiness in the creation , it would be an argument that the fupreme If it were poffi- upon the whole ...
... action in the divine being , happiness must prevail amongst those that are capable of it . ble that there should be , more mifery than happiness in the creation , it would be an argument that the fupreme If it were poffi- upon the whole ...
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... actions . Laftly , if God be benevolent at all , he must be infinitely so ; at least we can see no reason why he should wish to make his creation happy at all , and not wish to make make it as happy as poffible . If this be 50 Inftitutes ...
... actions . Laftly , if God be benevolent at all , he must be infinitely so ; at least we can see no reason why he should wish to make his creation happy at all , and not wish to make make it as happy as poffible . If this be 50 Inftitutes ...
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