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... less these powers had been communicated to them by 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 ...
... less these powers had been communicated to them by 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 ...
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... less than the other . Nay we cannot conceive how both thefe eternities , added together , can be greater than either of them separately taken . Having demonftrated the existence of God , as the first cause , the creator , and difpofer ...
... less than the other . Nay we cannot conceive how both thefe eternities , added together , can be greater than either of them separately taken . Having demonftrated the existence of God , as the first cause , the creator , and difpofer ...
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... term , omniprefent . For , tho ' being a spirit , he can have no proper re- lation to place , and much less to one particular place more than another ( which is is a property of spirit of which we can have 40 Inftitutes of.
... term , omniprefent . For , tho ' being a spirit , he can have no proper re- lation to place , and much less to one particular place more than another ( which is is a property of spirit of which we can have 40 Inftitutes of.
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... should be finally miferable ; that is , un- less he himself had taken pleasure in mi- fery , in confequence of his being of a malevolent difpofition . It It must be impoffible , for the fame reason , 46 Inftitutes of.
... should be finally miferable ; that is , un- less he himself had taken pleasure in mi- fery , in confequence of his being of a malevolent difpofition . It It must be impoffible , for the fame reason , 46 Inftitutes of.
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... less than infinite , or less than the hap . piness of God himself , which , in its own nature , it must neceffarily be . It must be confiftent , therefore , even with the infinite benevolence of God , that his creatures , which are ...
... less than infinite , or less than the hap . piness of God himself , which , in its own nature , it must neceffarily be . It must be confiftent , therefore , even with the infinite benevolence of God , that his creatures , which are ...
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