Essays on the human intellect, as constructed by God, and on our Saviour, considered in his character of ManJohn Rodwell, 1827 - 170 pages |
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... kind which accords with his nature , or it is no happiness to him . Whatever a being has capacities for , he desires ; whatever he has powers to do , he wishes to do ; and if he find no corresponding objects , he is unhappy through ...
... kind which accords with his nature , or it is no happiness to him . Whatever a being has capacities for , he desires ; whatever he has powers to do , he wishes to do ; and if he find no corresponding objects , he is unhappy through ...
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... kind and kindred , and if he have nothing among them to love , is unhappy for the want of it ; he feels that his nature lacks a natural enjoyment which would increase its felicity . Such is man : his happiness is various , and drawn ...
... kind and kindred , and if he have nothing among them to love , is unhappy for the want of it ; he feels that his nature lacks a natural enjoyment which would increase its felicity . Such is man : his happiness is various , and drawn ...
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... kind , in the future , though the degree may be infi- nitely modified , and thus their existence here be a part of the plan for eternity which it is so probable our Maker should have formed . It is easy to understand the difference ...
... kind , in the future , though the degree may be infi- nitely modified , and thus their existence here be a part of the plan for eternity which it is so probable our Maker should have formed . It is easy to understand the difference ...
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... kind I think we may be sure ; and if so , the objects and degrees which gratify the present condition of the same powers which are to be gratified more at large hereafter , are lawful , and intended by God for the cultivation of those ...
... kind I think we may be sure ; and if so , the objects and degrees which gratify the present condition of the same powers which are to be gratified more at large hereafter , are lawful , and intended by God for the cultivation of those ...
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... kind of intellect which is adapted to the knowledge of moral duties , of the existence of God and the adoration of him , without those capacities which obtain knowledge of the material world , or those powers which expand in the fine ...
... kind of intellect which is adapted to the knowledge of moral duties , of the existence of God and the adoration of him , without those capacities which obtain knowledge of the material world , or those powers which expand in the fine ...
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