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Page xvii
... find , if he reflect at all , that he has miferably deceived himself , and that he is involved in greater perplex- ity than ever ; the fcheme he has adopted not t not only filling his mind with great dark- ness and The Preface . xvii.
... find , if he reflect at all , that he has miferably deceived himself , and that he is involved in greater perplex- ity than ever ; the fcheme he has adopted not t not only filling his mind with great dark- ness and The Preface . xvii.
Page xviii
Joseph Priestley. not only filling his mind with great dark- ness and distress , but being contrary to fome of the plaineft appearances in na- ture , and therefore manifeftly irrational and abfurd . In this cafe , therefore , true ...
Joseph Priestley. not only filling his mind with great dark- ness and distress , but being contrary to fome of the plaineft appearances in na- ture , and therefore manifeftly irrational and abfurd . In this cafe , therefore , true ...
Page xxiv
... ness is compleatly formed , and fuch bad habits are contracted , as too often end in utter profligacy and ruin . At best , their minds not having been feafoned with the principles of religion , they become mere men of the world ...
... ness is compleatly formed , and fuch bad habits are contracted , as too often end in utter profligacy and ruin . At best , their minds not having been feafoned with the principles of religion , they become mere men of the world ...
Page 45
... ness , I shall confider more at large . SECTION V. Of the properties of the divine goodness . I of his creatures F goodness , or benevolence , be the great governing principle , or spring of action in the divine being , happiness must ...
... ness , I shall confider more at large . SECTION V. Of the properties of the divine goodness . I of his creatures F goodness , or benevolence , be the great governing principle , or spring of action in the divine being , happiness must ...
Page 62
... ness and virtue , therefore , is a proof that every branch of it enters into the character of the divine being , and confequently that thofe qualities are the objects of his favour and approbation . Since , however , all the moral ...
... ness and virtue , therefore , is a proof that every branch of it enters into the character of the divine being , and confequently that thofe qualities are the objects of his favour and approbation . Since , however , all the moral ...
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