Discourses Concerning the Being and Natural Perfections of God: In which that First Principle of Religion, the Existence of the Deity, is Prov'd, ... By John Abernethy, M.A.Dublin, printed: London, re-printed for H. Whitridge, 1743 |
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Pagina 11
... gives a plain reason why he has an invariable regard to mo- ral rectitude in all his ways and works , name- ly because his perfect understanding fees the neceffary connection it always has with the greatest Good in the whole , which is ...
... gives a plain reason why he has an invariable regard to mo- ral rectitude in all his ways and works , name- ly because his perfect understanding fees the neceffary connection it always has with the greatest Good in the whole , which is ...
Pagina 19
... its direction . It will appear at first fight , to any confiderate perfon , that gratitude , natural affection , and B 2 com- SERM . compaffion , must give place to the greatest in what fenfe it is to be attributed to God . 19.
... its direction . It will appear at first fight , to any confiderate perfon , that gratitude , natural affection , and B 2 com- SERM . compaffion , must give place to the greatest in what fenfe it is to be attributed to God . 19.
Pagina 20
... give place to the greatest I. public good , or moft general happiness , which is the immediate object of benevolence . This , therefore , is the principal , the most compre- henfive , and the controuling moral affection in our minds ...
... give place to the greatest I. public good , or moft general happiness , which is the immediate object of benevolence . This , therefore , is the principal , the most compre- henfive , and the controuling moral affection in our minds ...
Pagina 25
... gives us the greatest rea- fon to believe he will hereafter call us to ac- count . It may be a very proper and useful illustra- tion of this subject , to confider it in the light in which the fcriptures fet it . One great ex- cellency ...
... gives us the greatest rea- fon to believe he will hereafter call us to ac- count . It may be a very proper and useful illustra- tion of this subject , to confider it in the light in which the fcriptures fet it . One great ex- cellency ...
Pagina 28
... give them the leaft degree of countenance or approbation ; on the contrary , the fcriptures conftantly teach , that having di- ftinguished some of mankind by his favour , and honoured them with peculiar privileges , it is not the ...
... give them the leaft degree of countenance or approbation ; on the contrary , the fcriptures conftantly teach , that having di- ftinguished some of mankind by his favour , and honoured them with peculiar privileges , it is not the ...
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