The Constitution of Man in Relation to the Natural Laws |
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... according to the discoveries which we shall make . To enable us to form a just estimate of our duty and interest as the rational occupants of this world , we may inquire briefly into the constitution of our own nature and that of ...
... according to the discoveries which we shall make . To enable us to form a just estimate of our duty and interest as the rational occupants of this world , we may inquire briefly into the constitution of our own nature and that of ...
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... according to rules drawn from such knowledge . Our con- stitution and our position equally imply that we should not remain contented with the pleasures of mere animal life , but should take the dignified and far more delightful station ...
... according to rules drawn from such knowledge . Our con- stitution and our position equally imply that we should not remain contented with the pleasures of mere animal life , but should take the dignified and far more delightful station ...
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... According to the second view , little good can be expected from the merely natural action of creation's elements , espe- cially the mental ones , these being all essentially disordered ; and human improvement and enjoyment must be ...
... According to the second view , little good can be expected from the merely natural action of creation's elements , espe- cially the mental ones , these being all essentially disordered ; and human improvement and enjoyment must be ...
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... according to the other , he must believe aright in religion , and be the subject of spiritual influences to rectify the disorders of nature , before he can become capable of virtue or enjoyment : in short , according to it , science ...
... according to the other , he must believe aright in religion , and be the subject of spiritual influences to rectify the disorders of nature , before he can become capable of virtue or enjoyment : in short , according to it , science ...
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... according to its own laws , that the human constitution has been framed with designed relation to the forces ; that Man cannot alter or evade their action , nor avert the consequences of them ; and that hence his well - being is greatly ...
... according to its own laws , that the human constitution has been framed with designed relation to the forces ; that Man cannot alter or evade their action , nor avert the consequences of them ; and that hence his well - being is greatly ...
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Page 15 - ... also rewards and punishes actions. If, for example, the pain which we feel, upon doing what tends to the destruction of our bodies, suppose upon too near approaches to fire, or upon wounding ourselves, be appointed by the Author of nature to prevent our doing what thus tends to our destruction, this is altogether as much an instance of his punishing our actions, and consequently of our being under his government, as declaring by a voice from heaven that if we acted so, he would inflict such pain...
Page 15 - Nature's acting upon us every moment which we feel it, or to his having at once contrived and executed his own part in the plan of the world, makes no alteration as to the matter before us.
Page 104 - They say nay in a word, but they do so in deed ; for to the one they will gladly give a stipend of two hundred crowns by the year, and loth to offer to the other two hundred shillings. God that sitteth in heaven laugheth their choice to scorn, and rewardeth their liberality as it should. For he suffereth...
Page 212 - Never, perhaps, was witnessed a finer scene than on the deck of my little ship, when all hope of life had left us. Noble as the character of the British sailor is always allowed to be in cases of danger, yet I did not believe it to be possible that amongst forty-one persons not one repining word should have been uttered.