The Works of Soame Jenyns,esq. ...T. Cadell, 1793 |
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... bodies during that period , and , at the laft day , receive fuch punishments or rewards as is due on the whole account of its paft behaviour ? Thus the probability of every one its [ 10 ] phers, in the times of darkness, ought not...
... bodies during that period , and , at the laft day , receive fuch punishments or rewards as is due on the whole account of its paft behaviour ? Thus the probability of every one its [ 10 ] phers, in the times of darkness, ought not...
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... body of men as ho- neft , learned , and unprejudiced , as ever existed , and for whose persons and profeffion he has the highest regard . In another part of this letter there is an affertion , which has given fome offence ; which is ...
... body of men as ho- neft , learned , and unprejudiced , as ever existed , and for whose persons and profeffion he has the highest regard . In another part of this letter there is an affertion , which has given fome offence ; which is ...
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... body must have dif- ferent members fubfervient to each other ; every picture must be compofed of various colours , and of light and shade ; all harmo- ny must be formed of trebles , tenors , and baffes ; every beautiful and useful ...
... body must have dif- ferent members fubfervient to each other ; every picture must be compofed of various colours , and of light and shade ; all harmo- ny must be formed of trebles , tenors , and baffes ; every beautiful and useful ...
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... body , and inquietudes of mind . That these are real evils , I readily acknowledge ; and if any one is philofopher enough to doubt of it , I shall only beg leave to refer him to a fevere fit of fick nefs or a tedious law - fuit , for ...
... body , and inquietudes of mind . That these are real evils , I readily acknowledge ; and if any one is philofopher enough to doubt of it , I shall only beg leave to refer him to a fevere fit of fick nefs or a tedious law - fuit , for ...
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... body , and death ; from none of which we may venture to affirm man could ever have been exempted fo long as he continued to be man . God indeed might have made us quite other creatures , and placed us in a world quite otherwife ...
... body , and death ; from none of which we may venture to affirm man could ever have been exempted fo long as he continued to be man . God indeed might have made us quite other creatures , and placed us in a world quite otherwife ...
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abfolute abfurd abuſe actions affert againſt anſwer arife ariſe becauſe benevolent beſtow cauſe Chriſtian confequences confiftent conftitution corruption creatures defigned degree depravity deſtroy difpofitions diſcover divine doctrines effence endeavour eſtabliſhed eternal exift exiſtence faid falfe fame feems fenfe fhall fhew fince firſt fituation fo long fociety fome foon free-will ftate fubfift fubject fubordination fuch fufferings fufficiently fuperior fuppofe fupport fure fyftem goodneſs happineſs higheſt himſelf human imperfections impoffible inconfiftent infinite power inftance inftitution intereft itſelf juſt juſtice leaft leaſt lefs leſs liberty mankind means ment mifery moft moral evil moſt muft muſt natural evils neceffary neceffity nefs never numbers omnipotence ourſelves paſt perfect pleaſure poffeffed poffible preferve prevented principles productive propofition puniſhment purpoſes purſuits reaſon religion religious revelation ſee ſeems ſhall ſhould ſome ſtate ſuch ſyſtem thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion truth tural underſtand univerfal uſe vice virtue whofe whole wiſdom
Beliebte Passagen
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 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 49 - Ignorance, or the want of knowledge and literature, the appointed lot of all born to poverty and the drudgeries of life, is the only opiate capable of infusing that insensibility, which can enable them to endure the miseries of the one, and the fatigues of the other.
Seite 63 - There are truths which, as they are always necessary, do not grow stale by repetition. " Death, the last and most dreadful of all Evils, is so far from being one, that it is the infallible cure for all others. To die, is landing on some silent shore, Where billows never beat, nor tempests roar. Ere well we feel the friendly stroke, 'tis o'er.
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 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.
Seite 192 - ... 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 5 in proof of which we need...
Seite 114 - Woe unto the world because of offences, for it must needs be that offences come ; but woe unto that man by whom the offence cometh.
Seite 194 - ... pretence of feeding, and drag him from his native element by a hook fixed to and tearing out his entrails : and, to add to all this, they...
Seite 32 - TSfo rule but uncorrupted reafon knew; And, with a native bent, did good purfue. Unforc'd by punifhment, unaw'd by fear, His words were fimple, and his foul fincere...