Origines Sacrae Or a Rational Account of the Grounds of Natural and Revealed Religion: To which is Added Part of Another Book Upon the Same Subject, Left Unfinished by the Author : Together with a Letter to a Deist, Volume 2 |
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Page 67
And is it inconsistent with the happiness of the Deity to take notice of the world ,
and order all things in it for his own glory ? Must so excellent a nature as God ' s
was , by his own acknowledgment , be presently tired with business , when the ...
And is it inconsistent with the happiness of the Deity to take notice of the world ,
and order all things in it for his own glory ? Must so excellent a nature as God ' s
was , by his own acknowledgment , be presently tired with business , when the ...
Page 220
But how , or in what way the soul of man , in this degenerate condition , should
come to be partaker of so great a happiness , by the enjoyment of that God our
natures are now at such a distance from , is the greatest and most important
inquiry ...
But how , or in what way the soul of man , in this degenerate condition , should
come to be partaker of so great a happiness , by the enjoyment of that God our
natures are now at such a distance from , is the greatest and most important
inquiry ...
Page 232
Avoiding the fears of death , which can alone be through a grounded expectation
of a state of happiness which death leads men to , which cannot be had but
through the right understanding of the word of God . Thus we see the excellency
of ...
Avoiding the fears of death , which can alone be through a grounded expectation
of a state of happiness which death leads men to , which cannot be had but
through the right understanding of the word of God . Thus we see the excellency
of ...
Page 346
Par . the complete happiness of mankind to be Değóv ti , a divine thing ; and must
suppose Providence , as I shall Ibid . 1 . x . now make it to appear . He affirms ,
that a man ' s comc . 7 . plete happiness depends upon something divine in him ...
Par . the complete happiness of mankind to be Değóv ti , a divine thing ; and must
suppose Providence , as I shall Ibid . 1 . x . now make it to appear . He affirms ,
that a man ' s comc . 7 . plete happiness depends upon something divine in him ...
Page 349
He saith , there are three kinds — Aristot . of men pretend to happiness ; the
sensual and voluptuous ; which , he saith , is the happiness of slaves and c . 3 , 4
. brutes : the busy and active men place it in honour ; which is not in their power .
He saith , there are three kinds — Aristot . of men pretend to happiness ; the
sensual and voluptuous ; which , he saith , is the happiness of slaves and c . 3 , 4
. brutes : the busy and active men place it in honour ; which is not in their power .
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