The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Butler: To which is Prefixed, an Account of the Character and Writings of the AuthorScott, Webster, & Geary, 1838 - 303 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة xxv
... less , it is not a steady and permanent principle of action . Unhappily we always have it in our power to lay it asleep . - Neglect alone will suppress and stifle it , and bring it almost into a state of stupefaction . Nor can any thing ...
... less , it is not a steady and permanent principle of action . Unhappily we always have it in our power to lay it asleep . - Neglect alone will suppress and stifle it , and bring it almost into a state of stupefaction . Nor can any thing ...
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... less even than this . For numberless instances might be mentioned respecting the common pursuits of life , where a man would be thought , in a literal sense , distracted , who would not act , and with great application too , not only ...
... less even than this . For numberless instances might be mentioned respecting the common pursuits of life , where a man would be thought , in a literal sense , distracted , who would not act , and with great application too , not only ...
الصفحة 65
... less weight . Nor is there so much as any ap- pearance of our limbs being endued with a power of moving or directing themselves ; though they are adapt- ed , like the several parts of a machine , to be the instru- E ments of motion to ...
... less weight . Nor is there so much as any ap- pearance of our limbs being endued with a power of moving or directing themselves ; though they are adapt- ed , like the several parts of a machine , to be the instru- E ments of motion to ...
الصفحة 70
... less for the next , and less still for the first . + This , according to Strabo , was the opinion of the Brachmans , vogur mir gàg dù τὸν μὲν ἐνθάδε βίον , ὡς ἂν ἀκμὴν κυομένων εἶναι · τὸν δὲ θάνατον , γένεσιν εἰς τὸν ὄντως βίον , καὶ ...
... less for the next , and less still for the first . + This , according to Strabo , was the opinion of the Brachmans , vogur mir gàg dù τὸν μὲν ἐνθάδε βίον , ὡς ἂν ἀκμὴν κυομένων εἶναι · τὸν δὲ θάνατον , γένεσιν εἰς τὸν ὄντως βίον , καὶ ...
الصفحة 75
... less happiness , it may be , would upon the whole be produced by such a method of con- duct , than is by the present . Or perhaps divine good- ness , with which , if I mistake not , we make very free in our speculations , may not be a ...
... less happiness , it may be , would upon the whole be produced by such a method of con- duct , than is by the present . Or perhaps divine good- ness , with which , if I mistake not , we make very free in our speculations , may not be a ...
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الصفحة 185 - ... how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
الصفحة 217 - And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation ; and not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
الصفحة 82 - Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me; For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord: They would none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
الصفحة 83 - LORD hath not defied ? for from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel ? let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his...
الصفحة 241 - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
الصفحة 175 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
الصفحة 160 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
الصفحة 72 - But the only distinct meaning of that word is, stated, fixed, or settled; since what is natural as much requires and presupposes an intelligent agent to render it so, ie, to effect it continually, or at stated times, as what is supernatural or miraculous does to effect it for once. And from hence it must follow, that persons...
الصفحة 91 - Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why, then, should we desire to be deceived?