The Works of Joseph Butler ...: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, by Dr Kippis; : with a Preface, Giving Some Account of His Character and Writings,, Volumen1Walker and Greig, 1813 - 862 páginas |
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... supposition of an equality amongst mankind , than the constitution and laws of other countries ; " he goes on to observe , that " this plainly requires , that more particular regard should be had to the education of the lower people ...
... supposition of an equality amongst mankind , than the constitution and laws of other countries ; " he goes on to observe , that " this plainly requires , that more particular regard should be had to the education of the lower people ...
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... supposition is confirmed from another circam- stance , that the natural government of God , under which we now live , is also moral ; in which rewards and punish- ments are the consequences of actions , considered as vir- † Part i ...
... supposition is confirmed from another circam- stance , that the natural government of God , under which we now live , is also moral ; in which rewards and punish- ments are the consequences of actions , considered as vir- † Part i ...
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... suppositions ; nor is it Christianity that hath put us into this state . We learn also from the same Scriptures , what experience and the use of expiatory sacrifices from the most early times might have taught us , that repentance alone ...
... suppositions ; nor is it Christianity that hath put us into this state . We learn also from the same Scriptures , what experience and the use of expiatory sacrifices from the most early times might have taught us , that repentance alone ...
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... supposition that things might , in ima- gining that they should , have been disposed and carried on after a better model , than what appears in the present disposition and conduct of them . Suppose , now , a person of such a turn of ...
... supposition that things might , in ima- gining that they should , have been disposed and carried on after a better model , than what appears in the present disposition and conduct of them . Suppose , now , a person of such a turn of ...
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... supposition that they are compounded , and so discerptible . But , since consciousness is a single and indivisible power , it should seem that the subject in which it resides , must be so too . For , were the motion of any particle of ...
... supposition that they are compounded , and so discerptible . But , since consciousness is a single and indivisible power , it should seem that the subject in which it resides , must be so too . For , were the motion of any particle of ...
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Página 6 - Origen* has with singular sagacity observed, that "he who believes the Scripture to have proceeded from him who is the Author of nature, may well expect to find the same sort of difficulties in it as are found in the constitution of nature.
Página 309 - It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Página 317 - And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.
Página 238 - Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
Página lix - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it, as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment ; and nothing remained, but to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of reprisals, for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world.
Página 240 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying ; Blessing and honour and glory and power be unto him that sitteth upon the throne and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Página xxviii - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than Heaven pursue. What blessings Thy free bounty gives, Let me not cast away; For God is paid when man receives, T
Página 305 - And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Página 37 - But the only distinct meaning of that word is, stated, fixed, or settled: since what is natural as much requires, and presupposes an intelligent agent to render it so, ie to effect it continually, or at stated times, as what is supernatural or miraculous does to effect it for once. And from hence it must, follow, that persons...
Página 215 - And as, it is owned, the whole scheme of Scripture is not yet understood, so, if it ever comes to be understood, before the restitution of all things,* and without miraculous interpositions, it must be in the same way as natural knowledge is come at, by the continuance and progress of learning and of liberty, and by particular persons attending to, comparing and pursuing intimations scattered up and down it, which are overlooked and disregarded by the generality of the world.