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fore had all their custom . Lustrations and proceffions were much ealier than a
clean conscience , and a steady course of virtue ; and an expiatory facrifice , that
atoned for the want of it , was much more convenient , than a strict and holy life .
fore had all their custom . Lustrations and proceffions were much ealier than a
clean conscience , and a steady course of virtue ; and an expiatory facrifice , that
atoned for the want of it , was much more convenient , than a strict and holy life .
Page 97
The law of nature was the law of convenience too ; and it is no wonder that those
men of parts , and studious of virtue , ( who had occasion to think on any
particular part of it ) , thould by me ditation light on the right , even from the
observable ...
The law of nature was the law of convenience too ; and it is no wonder that those
men of parts , and studious of virtue , ( who had occasion to think on any
particular part of it ) , thould by me ditation light on the right , even from the
observable ...
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piat : if to theo an endlets mars , he fends thlayings of he have directed Brutus
and Cassius ( both men of parts and virtue , the one whereof believed , and the
other disbelieved , a future being ) , to be satisfied in the rules and obligations of
all ...
piat : if to theo an endlets mars , he fends thlayings of he have directed Brutus
and Cassius ( both men of parts and virtue , the one whereof believed , and the
other disbelieved , a future being ) , to be satisfied in the rules and obligations of
all ...
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The portion of the righteous has been in all ages taken notice of to be pretty
scanty in this world : virtue and prosperity do not often accompany one another ,
and therefore virtue feldom had many followers : and it is no wonder the
prevailed not ...
The portion of the righteous has been in all ages taken notice of to be pretty
scanty in this world : virtue and prosperity do not often accompany one another ,
and therefore virtue feldom had many followers : and it is no wonder the
prevailed not ...
Page 102
And that which rendered them more suspected , and less useful to virtue , was ,
that the philosophers seldom set their rules on men ' s minds and practices , by
conlideration of another life . The chief of their arguments were from the
excellency ...
And that which rendered them more suspected , and less useful to virtue , was ,
that the philosophers seldom set their rules on men ' s minds and practices , by
conlideration of another life . The chief of their arguments were from the
excellency ...
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| Title | A Collection of Theological Tracts, Volume 4 A Collection of Theological Tracts, Richard Watson |
| Author | Richard Watson |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | T. Evans, 1791 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 19 Jul 2006 |
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