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Page ix
... human au- thority whatever . Submit to those who are invested with the fupreme power in your country , as your law- ful civil magiftrates ; but if they would prescribe to you in matters of faith , say that you have but one Father even ...
... human au- thority whatever . Submit to those who are invested with the fupreme power in your country , as your law- ful civil magiftrates ; but if they would prescribe to you in matters of faith , say that you have but one Father even ...
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... human race ; for these are very different things . Many things are , in their own nature , attainable , which , in fact , are ne- ver attained ; fo that though we find but little of the knowledge of God , and of his providence , in many ...
... human race ; for these are very different things . Many things are , in their own nature , attainable , which , in fact , are ne- ver attained ; fo that though we find but little of the knowledge of God , and of his providence , in many ...
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... human fpecies , which is the most distinguished part of it . Knowledge , and a variety of improve ments depending upon knowledge ( all of which are directly or indirectly fubfervi- ent to happiness ) have been increafing from the time ...
... human fpecies , which is the most distinguished part of it . Knowledge , and a variety of improve ments depending upon knowledge ( all of which are directly or indirectly fubfervi- ent to happiness ) have been increafing from the time ...
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... human fpecies , as we may call it , that the earth itself is in a ftate of improvement , the cultivated parts continually gaining ground on the uncul- tivated ones ; by which means , befides many other advantages , even the incle ...
... human fpecies , as we may call it , that the earth itself is in a ftate of improvement , the cultivated parts continually gaining ground on the uncul- tivated ones ; by which means , befides many other advantages , even the incle ...
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... human fpecies . We have a far greater variety and extent of powers , both of 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 ...
... human fpecies . We have a far greater variety and extent of powers , both of 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 ...
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