The Works of Soame Jenyns ...: Including Several Pieces Never Before Published. To which are Prefixed, Short Sketches of the History of the Author's Family, and Also of His Life, Band 3T. Cadell, 1790 |
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... evils in general , and endeavours to prove , that they all owe their existence , not to any voluntary admif- fion of a benevolent Creator , but to the neceffity of their own natures , that is , to the impoffibility of excluding them ...
... evils in general , and endeavours to prove , that they all owe their existence , not to any voluntary admif- fion of a benevolent Creator , but to the neceffity of their own natures , that is , to the impoffibility of excluding them ...
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... evil , is one of the principal characters of that history ; which therefore by no means contradicts the propofition here afferted . The fecond letter undertakes to fhew , that evils of imperfection are in truth no evils at all ; but ...
... evil , is one of the principal characters of that history ; which therefore by no means contradicts the propofition here afferted . The fecond letter undertakes to fhew , that evils of imperfection are in truth no evils at all ; but ...
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... evils ; and attempts to fhew , that most of these , which we complain of , are derived likewise from the fame fource ; that is , from the im- perfection of our natures , and our station in the universal system : to this are added three ...
... evils ; and attempts to fhew , that most of these , which we complain of , are derived likewise from the fame fource ; that is , from the im- perfection of our natures , and our station in the universal system : to this are added three ...
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... evil , from which all political evils are derived ; and therefore that we ought quietly to submit to these evils , when they do not arife to any in- tolerable 5 tolerable degree , and to apply principally that remedy to [ 16 ]
... evil , from which all political evils are derived ; and therefore that we ought quietly to submit to these evils , when they do not arife to any in- tolerable 5 tolerable degree , and to apply principally that remedy to [ 16 ]
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... the reft , and endeavours to fhew , that religious evils , that is , the defects fo visible in all human religions , and the mischievous confequences refulting from them 1 them , are not owing to any want of wisdom [ 18 ]
... the reft , and endeavours to fhew , that religious evils , that is , the defects fo visible in all human religions , and the mischievous confequences refulting from them 1 them , are not owing to any want of wisdom [ 18 ]
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
abfolute abfurd abuſe affert againſt alſo anſwer arife ariſe becauſe benevolent beſtow cauſe Chriſtian confequences confiftent conftitution corruption creatures defigned degree depravity deſtroy difpofitions diſcover divine effence endeavour eſtabliſhed eternal exerciſe exift exiſtence falfe fame feems fenfe fhall fhew fhould firſt fituation fo long fome free-will ftate ftill fubfift fubject fubordination fuch fufferings fufficiently fuperior fuppofe fupport fure fyftem goodneſs greateſt happineſs higheſt himſelf human imperfections impoffible infinite power inftance inftitution intereft itſelf juft juſt juſtice laſt leaft leaſt lefs leſs liberty mankind means ment mifery moft moral evil moſt muft muſt natural evils neceffary neceffity never numbers omnipotence ourſelves perfect pleaſure poffeffed poffible preſent preſerve prevented principles produce propofition puniſhment purpoſes purſuits reaſon religion religious revelation ſee ſeems ſenſe ſhall ſhould ſome ſtate ſuch ſyſtem thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion truth tural underſtanding univerfal uſe vice virtue whofe whole wiſdom
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 29 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Seite 63 - But was it an evil ever so great, it could not be remedied but by one much greater, which is by living for ever ; by which means our...
Seite 226 - God acts in ways as different from ours, as inconceivable to us ; his ways are not like our ways, nor his thoughts like our thoughts...
Seite 53 - Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? Loves of his own, and raptures fwell the note. ^ "•{The bounding fteed you pompoufly beftride, Shares with his lord the pleafure and the pride.
Seite 192 - ... manner inherent in the nature of man -, for, as he cannot be taught by example, nor led to it by temptation, or prompted to it by intereft, it muft be derived from his native conftitution ; and is a remarkable confirmation of what revelation fo frequently inculcates — that he brings into the world with him an original depravity, the effects of a fallen and degenerate ftate ; in proof of which we need...
Seite 190 - ... propagated by our culture, and fed by our care, we have certainly a right to deprive of life, becaufe it is given and preferved to them on that condition...
Seite 49 - ... insensibility which can enable them to endure the miseries of the one and the fatigues of the other. It is a cordial administered by the gracious hand of providence, of which they ought never to be deprived by an ill-judged and improper education.
Seite 53 - Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
Seite 53 - Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spread the flowery lawn : Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings ? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings.
Seite 50 - I have ever thought it a most remarkable instance of the divine wisdom, that whereas in all animals, whose individuals rise little above the rest of their species, knowledge is instinctive; in man, whose individuals are so widely different, it is acquired by education; by which means the prince and the labourer, the philosopher and the peasant, are in some measure fitted for their respective situations.