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Others of inferior classes and virtue may have their contemplations and
employments confined within a more limited sphere ; some may be only
permitted to view our planetary system ; and though we find ourselves unable to
pry but very little ...
Others of inferior classes and virtue may have their contemplations and
employments confined within a more limited sphere ; some may be only
permitted to view our planetary system ; and though we find ourselves unable to
pry but very little ...
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29 ; ) or , that He should have been the Former of any nature that was utterly
incapable of fulfilling his commands , of successfully combating with its own
infirmities , and of surmounting those difficulties which virtue enjoined it to
overcome .
29 ; ) or , that He should have been the Former of any nature that was utterly
incapable of fulfilling his commands , of successfully combating with its own
infirmities , and of surmounting those difficulties which virtue enjoined it to
overcome .
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... his character would have been stained by imperfection , the vindication of
God's honour had been unachieved , and the infirmities incidental to human
nature had maintained their victory over virtue . It is , however , very far from our
intention ...
... his character would have been stained by imperfection , the vindication of
God's honour had been unachieved , and the infirmities incidental to human
nature had maintained their victory over virtue . It is , however , very far from our
intention ...
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For does not the perfection of virtue , and even its very existence , entirely consist
in the love of virtue , which love can alone be duced by its being brought in
contact with its opponent vice ? And is not a free agency of the will an essential ...
For does not the perfection of virtue , and even its very existence , entirely consist
in the love of virtue , which love can alone be duced by its being brought in
contact with its opponent vice ? And is not a free agency of the will an essential ...
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But superadded to these obstacles , which often impede our progress in virtue ,
we sometimes , nay frequently , observe in the human kind malignant inclinations
, for the existence of which it appears difficult to account ; such as a malicious ...
But superadded to these obstacles , which often impede our progress in virtue ,
we sometimes , nay frequently , observe in the human kind malignant inclinations
, for the existence of which it appears difficult to account ; such as a malicious ...
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Aaron altar angels appears behold blessed blood body brought called celestial cherubims Christ Christian clearly commanded conceive contained court death earth enter eternal evil Exod faith Father formed fully further give given glorious glory God's gold hand happiness hath head heart heaven heavenly highest holy place honour hope human import inhabitants Israel Jesus John king light living Lord mind Moses Mount Sinai mountain nature observation offered ordained original paradise pass perfect persons present priests probably probationary prove pure reason received region religion remarks round sanctuary Scripture separated Solomon sons spirits stone sufferings suppose symbolic tabernacle temple thee thereof things thou shalt thousand tion trees trials truth types universe unto virtue whole
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| Title | The Comparative Coincidence of Reason and Scripture, Volume 1 The Comparative Coincidence of Reason and Scripture |
| Publisher | Hatchard, 1832 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 13 Jan 2010 |
| Length | 410 pages |
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