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... greater for the worthiness of his person . For there is not any virtue that disposeth a man , either to the service of God or to the service of his country , to civil society or private friendship , that did not manifestly appear in his ...
... greater for the worthiness of his person . For there is not any virtue that disposeth a man , either to the service of God or to the service of his country , to civil society or private friendship , that did not manifestly appear in his ...
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... greater stature and strength than the natural , for whose protection and defence it was intended ; and in which the Sove- reignty " is an artificial " soul , " as giving life and motion to the whole body ; the " magistrates , " and ...
... greater stature and strength than the natural , for whose protection and defence it was intended ; and in which the Sove- reignty " is an artificial " soul , " as giving life and motion to the whole body ; the " magistrates , " and ...
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... greater , without considering whether those little sums were rightly cast up or not ; and at last finding the error visible , and not mistrusting their first grounds , know not which way to clear themselves , but spend time in ...
... greater , without considering whether those little sums were rightly cast up or not ; and at last finding the error visible , and not mistrusting their first grounds , know not which way to clear themselves , but spend time in ...
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... greater space , whereof that little one is part , must first be moved over that . These small beginnings of motion , within the body of man , before they appear in walking , speaking , striking , and other visible actions , are commonly ...
... greater space , whereof that little one is part , must first be moved over that . These small beginnings of motion , within the body of man , before they appear in walking , speaking , striking , and other visible actions , are commonly ...
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... greater than the evil , the whole chain is that which writers call " apparent , " or " seeming good . ' And contrarily , when the evil ex- ceedeth the good , the whole is " apparent , " or " seeming evil : " so that he who hath by ...
... greater than the evil , the whole chain is that which writers call " apparent , " or " seeming good . ' And contrarily , when the evil ex- ceedeth the good , the whole is " apparent , " or " seeming evil : " so that he who hath by ...
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Leviathan; Or, the Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiastical ... Henry Morley,Thomas Hobbes No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 283 - The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: but they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: neither can they die any more : for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Page 281 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page 279 - For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God ; and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
Page 279 - AND he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
Page 228 - And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them; Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them, and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Page 213 - And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Page 66 - A LAW OF NATURE, (lex naturalis,) is a precept, or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man is forbidden to do that, which is destructive of his life, or taketh away the means of preserving the same; and to omit that, by which he thinketh it may be best preserved.
Page 225 - Servants obey in all things your masters, according to the flesh, not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.
Page 64 - WAR, consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known...
Page 284 - Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all ? Why are they then baptized for the dead?