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... course to this fuppofition , we cannot ac- count for prefent appearances ; for there is an evident incapacity in every thing we fee of being the cause of its own existence , or of the existence of other things . Though , in one fenfe ...
... course to this fuppofition , we cannot ac- count for prefent appearances ; for there is an evident incapacity in every thing we fee of being the cause of its own existence , or of the existence of other things . Though , in one fenfe ...
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... course of reafon- ing , we have only argued from what we fee , and have fuppofed nothing more than is neceffary to account for what we fee ; and as a cause is neceffary , but not more caufes than one , we cannot conclude that there are ...
... course of reafon- ing , we have only argued from what we fee , and have fuppofed nothing more than is neceffary to account for what we fee ; and as a cause is neceffary , but not more caufes than one , we cannot conclude that there are ...
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... course of providence . The constitution of human nature and of the world is fuch , that men cannot long perfift in any species of wick- edness without being fufferers in confe- quence of it . Intemperance lays the foundation for many ...
... course of providence . The constitution of human nature and of the world is fuch , that men cannot long perfift in any species of wick- edness without being fufferers in confe- quence of it . Intemperance lays the foundation for many ...
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... course of nature ) they may be confidered as the natural punishments of vice , and the natural re- wards of virtue , diftributed according to the rules of justice and equity , and intend- ed to inculcate the most useful moral lef- fons ...
... course of nature ) they may be confidered as the natural punishments of vice , and the natural re- wards of virtue , diftributed according to the rules of justice and equity , and intend- ed to inculcate the most useful moral lef- fons ...
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... course of lewd indulgence , without family cafes , finks a man below his natural level . Promif- cuous commerce gives an indelible vicious taint to the imagination , fo that , to the lateft term of life , thofe ideas will be pre ...
... course of lewd indulgence , without family cafes , finks a man below his natural level . Promif- cuous commerce gives an indelible vicious taint to the imagination , fo that , to the lateft term of life , thofe ideas will be pre ...
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againſt alfo alſo arifes becauſe Befides benevolence beſt cafe caufe cauſe chriftians circumſtances clafs conduct confcience confequence confider confideration confiftent conftitution courſe creatures defign defire difpofition divine eſpecially eſteem evil exerciſe exiſtence fame fatisfaction favour feems felf felves fenfes fenfual fentiments fhall fince firſt fociety fome fource fpecies ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofe fuppofition fure fyftem goodneſs gratification greater number greateſt happineſs happy himſelf idea impoffible indulgence infinite inftruction intereft itſelf JOSEPH PRIESTLEY juft kind leaſt lefs lence leſs mankind means meaſure mind moft moral moſt muft muſt nature neceffarily neceffary nefs neral neſs object occafion ourſelves paffions pain perfect perfons pleaſure prefent principles proper puniſhment purpoſes purſuit racter reaſon refpect regard religion rule ſay ſcheme ſee ſeems ſenſe ſhall ſhould ſome ſtand ſtate ſuppoſe thefe themſelves ther theſe thing thofe thoſe tion tural uncauſed uſe vice virtue whole wiſdom wiſh