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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... goodness be fuf- ficiently justified from the admiffion of them all . To every one of these some objections have been made against the first , it has been alledged , that this impracticability to produce pleasure without pain , whence ...
... goodness be fuf- ficiently justified from the admiffion of them all . To every one of these some objections have been made against the first , it has been alledged , that this impracticability to produce pleasure without pain , whence ...
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... goodness in our Creator , but proceed , like all others , from our nature and fitua- tion , and the impracticability of giving a perfect religion to an imperfect creature . In order to explain this , it was neceffary to point out the ...
... goodness in our Creator , but proceed , like all others , from our nature and fitua- tion , and the impracticability of giving a perfect religion to an imperfect creature . In order to explain this , it was neceffary to point out the ...
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... goodness . It is the folution therefore of this impor- tant queftion alone , that can ascertain the mo- ral characteristic of God , and upon that on- ly must all human virtue eternally depend . If there's a power above us , ( And that ...
... goodness . It is the folution therefore of this impor- tant queftion alone , that can ascertain the mo- ral characteristic of God , and upon that on- ly must all human virtue eternally depend . If there's a power above us , ( And that ...
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... goodness of our Creator , but only to shew the importance of this inquiry , and the utility of it towards fettling our notions of his at- tributes , and the regulation of our own be- haviour in conformity to them . I intend not by it to ...
... goodness of our Creator , but only to shew the importance of this inquiry , and the utility of it towards fettling our notions of his at- tributes , and the regulation of our own be- haviour in conformity to them . I intend not by it to ...
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... the short duration of this perfection is equally inconsistent with infinite power , join- ed to infinite wisdom and goodness , as any VOL . III . original D original imperfection whatever . Fables then of this kind can [ 33 ]
... the short duration of this perfection is equally inconsistent with infinite power , join- ed to infinite wisdom and goodness , as any VOL . III . original D original imperfection whatever . Fables then of this kind can [ 33 ]
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.