An Essay on the Origin of Evil, Volume 2F. Stephens, 1732 - 111 pagina's |
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Pagina 228
... fall into depraved or wicked Elections . 5thly , How fuch Elections can be reconciled with the Power and Goodness of God . That it is I. not easy to under- ftand or SECT . I. Concerning the Nature of Elections . SUBSE C T. I. A View of ...
... fall into depraved or wicked Elections . 5thly , How fuch Elections can be reconciled with the Power and Goodness of God . That it is I. not easy to under- ftand or SECT . I. Concerning the Nature of Elections . SUBSE C T. I. A View of ...
Pagina 230
... fall under the Government of things as Reafon . But fince all things cannot be always had are agree together , a comparifon must be made between able to the them , and that embraced which appears to be the Appetite . beft . Now the ...
... fall under the Government of things as Reafon . But fince all things cannot be always had are agree together , a comparifon must be made between able to the them , and that embraced which appears to be the Appetite . beft . Now the ...
Pagina 235
... fall together , and can , I think , only be fecured effectually upon the Principles laid down by our Author ; of which in their proper place . See alfo Mr. Chubb's Reflections on Natural Liberty . Col- letion of Tracts , p . 379 , . or ...
... fall together , and can , I think , only be fecured effectually upon the Principles laid down by our Author ; of which in their proper place . See alfo Mr. Chubb's Reflections on Natural Liberty . Col- letion of Tracts , p . 379 , . or ...
Pagina 281
... fall on a good action by a Motion abfolutely in- different and not in confequence of fome antecedent Good or Evil Qualities in the Agent is to fall on it blindly , by mere Chance , and fo Fortune not the Agent is to be thanked or blamed ...
... fall on a good action by a Motion abfolutely in- different and not in confequence of fome antecedent Good or Evil Qualities in the Agent is to fall on it blindly , by mere Chance , and fo Fortune not the Agent is to be thanked or blamed ...
Pagina 283
... fall fhort of Happiness . For his Appetites will be difappointed , which is the very thing that we call Unhappiness . But if Ob- jects derive their agreeableness or difagreeableness from the Choice , ' tis clear that he who has his ...
... fall fhort of Happiness . For his Appetites will be difappointed , which is the very thing that we call Unhappiness . But if Ob- jects derive their agreeableness or difagreeableness from the Choice , ' tis clear that he who has his ...
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2dly abfolutely abfurd Actions againſt agreeable alfo amifs anſwer arifes becauſe Cafe Caufe Cauſe chofen Choice choofing chooſe cife Circumftances confequently confider'd confiftent contrary cou'd Creatures defire Deity determin'd determine Divine eafy Election Eternity Evil exercife exift Exiſtence Faculties faid fame feems felf felves fenfe fhall fhew fhewn fhould fince firft firſt fome fome things fomething fometimes Free Agents Free-Will ftill fuch things fufficient fuppofe fure God's Goodneſs greateſt Happineſs himſelf impoffible indifferent infinite Inftances itſelf Laws leaſt lefs Liberty manner means Mifery Mind moft Moral moſt Motion muft muſt natural Appetites natural Evils neceffarily neceffary neceffity nefs NOTES Number obferv'd obferve Objects occafion otherwife ourſelves Paffions perfect Perfon pleafing pleaſe Pleaſure poffible pofitive Power prefent Puniſhment purpoſe reafon refpect reprefented Sect ſeems Senfes Syftem thefe themſelves ther theſe things thofe thoſe tion Underſtanding uſe Wiſdom World wou'd
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.