An Essay on the Origin of Evil, Volume 2F. Stephens, 1732 - 111 pagina's |
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Pagina 236
... Divine as well as Human Will , the their Opi nion there following Corollaries feem deducible . First , that is no con- nothing in Nature could be done otherwise than it tingency in is . For , the whole Series of things being as it ...
... Divine as well as Human Will , the their Opi nion there following Corollaries feem deducible . First , that is no con- nothing in Nature could be done otherwise than it tingency in is . For , the whole Series of things being as it ...
Pagina 287
... Divine Will , and dependent on it , for we cannot apprehend how they could be either Good or Evil in themselves , fince they were no- thing at all antecedent to the act of the Divine Will and they were as far from being good with regard ...
... Divine Will , and dependent on it , for we cannot apprehend how they could be either Good or Evil in themselves , fince they were no- thing at all antecedent to the act of the Divine Will and they were as far from being good with regard ...
Pagina 288
... Divine Will , and not that by the agreeableness or goodness of things . ( P. ) VI . Thirdly , NOTES . ( P. ) The Objections here are 1ft , that if this be true , before God determin'd to create the World he cou'd fee nothing bet ter in ...
... Divine Will , and not that by the agreeableness or goodness of things . ( P. ) VI . Thirdly , NOTES . ( P. ) The Objections here are 1ft , that if this be true , before God determin'd to create the World he cou'd fee nothing bet ter in ...
Pagina 289
... Divine Will must be contrary to itfelf , if it went about to feparate them ( i . e . the Nature from the Congruity ) and therefore thefe are join'd toge- ther by a Natural Law . But when God by a new act of Will fubfequent to the Being ...
... Divine Will must be contrary to itfelf , if it went about to feparate them ( i . e . the Nature from the Congruity ) and therefore thefe are join'd toge- ther by a Natural Law . But when God by a new act of Will fubfequent to the Being ...
Pagina 291
... Divine Will that gave or can give a Being to any Creature with certain Parts and Pro- perties , and that instead of that Creature he cou'd make ano- ther without them all , that should have quite different parts and attributes . ' Tis ...
... Divine Will that gave or can give a Being to any Creature with certain Parts and Pro- perties , and that instead of that Creature he cou'd make ano- ther without them all , that should have quite different parts and attributes . ' Tis ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 65 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field: upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Pagina 48 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Pagina 27 - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Pagina 444 - ... we must, in this world, gain a relish of truth and virtue, if we would be able to taste that knowledge and perfection which are to make us happy in the next.
Pagina 444 - ... it is for us to gain habits of virtue in this life, if we would enjoy the pleasures of the next.
Pagina 9 - ... his senses, we do it by comparing it to something that already has, by offering him some similitude, resemblance, or analogy, to help his conception. As for example, to give a man a notion of a country to which he is a stranger, and to make him apprehend...
Pagina 1 - God, as it is in itself, is incomprehensible by human understanding ; and not only his nature, but likewise his powers and faculties, and the ways and methods in which he exercises them, are so far beyond our reach, that we are utterly incapable of framing exact and adequate notions of them.
Pagina 424 - ... but they surprise and come upon us from we know not what quarter. If they proceeded from the mobility of spirits, straggling out of order, and fortuitous affections of the brain, or were of the nature of dreams, why are they not as wild, incoherent, and extravagant as they are? Not to add, that the world has generally acknowledged, and therefore...
Pagina 23 - ... analogy and proportion between them. But then we ought to remember that there is as great a difference between these, when attributed to God, and as they are in us, as between weighing in a balance and thinking ; in truth, infinitely greater...
Pagina 261 - I think, that the philosophers of old did in vain inquire, whether summum bonum consisted in riches, or bodily delights, or virtue, or contemplation; and they might have as reasonably disputed whether the best relish were to be found in apples, plums, or nuts, and have divided themselves into sects upon it.