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Page iv
... produce . If nothing good be sown in it , it will be occu- pied by plants that are ufelefs or noxious . Thus the mind of man can never be wholly barren . Through our whole lives we are fubject to fuccef- five impreffions ; for , either ...
... produce . If nothing good be sown in it , it will be occu- pied by plants that are ufelefs or noxious . Thus the mind of man can never be wholly barren . Through our whole lives we are fubject to fuccef- five impreffions ; for , either ...
Page xiv
... have been raised from every branch of my sub- ject , and have chiefly confined myself to fuch confiderations as are most adapted to produce conviction in the minds of thofe those who are not much used to clofe re- flection xiv The Preface .
... have been raised from every branch of my sub- ject , and have chiefly confined myself to fuch confiderations as are most adapted to produce conviction in the minds of thofe those who are not much used to clofe re- flection xiv The Preface .
Page 17
... producing a change in any being or thing , implies fomething prior and fuperior , fomething that can control , and that is incapable of being refifted ; which can only be true of the fupreme cause itself . The immutability of the divine ...
... producing a change in any being or thing , implies fomething prior and fuperior , fomething that can control , and that is incapable of being refifted ; which can only be true of the fupreme cause itself . The immutability of the divine ...
Page 18
... produce great effects , or to accom- plish great works , we cannot avoid afcrib- ing this attribute to God , as the author of every thing that we behold ; and when we we confider the apparent greatnefs , varie- ty , and 18 Inftitutes of ...
... produce great effects , or to accom- plish great works , we cannot avoid afcrib- ing this attribute to God , as the author of every thing that we behold ; and when we we confider the apparent greatnefs , varie- ty , and 18 Inftitutes of ...
Page 19
... producing any thing , that is not in its own nature impof- fible ; fo that whatever purposes the di- vine being forms , he is always able to execute . The defigns of fuch a being as this , who cannot be controlled in the execution of ...
... producing any thing , that is not in its own nature impof- fible ; fo that whatever purposes the di- vine being forms , he is always able to execute . The defigns of fuch a being as this , who cannot be controlled in the execution of ...
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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