The Dignity of Human Nature: Or, A Brief Account of the Certain and Established Means for Attaining the True End of Our Existence. In Four Books ..., Volym 2J. Johnson and J. Payne, 1767 |
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... himself uncaufed ; the pre- ferver of all things , himself depending on no one ; the upholder of all things , himself upheld by no one ; from all moments of eternity to all moments of eternity , enjoying the perfection of happiness ...
... himself uncaufed ; the pre- ferver of all things , himself depending on no one ; the upholder of all things , himself upheld by no one ; from all moments of eternity to all moments of eternity , enjoying the perfection of happiness ...
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... himself ; fixed its defires and wifhes upon the enjoyment of his own perfec- tions ; drawn and engaged it to love , admire , and breathe after the fruition of him ; raised it to this lofty heighth of ambition , only to throw it down ...
... himself ; fixed its defires and wifhes upon the enjoyment of his own perfec- tions ; drawn and engaged it to love , admire , and breathe after the fruition of him ; raised it to this lofty heighth of ambition , only to throw it down ...
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... himself , only to give us an opportunity of fitting ourselves for a future ftate of perfection and hap- pinefs , to which according as we approached near- er and nearer , we fhould approach nearer and nearer to the total disappointment ...
... himself , only to give us an opportunity of fitting ourselves for a future ftate of perfection and hap- pinefs , to which according as we approached near- er and nearer , we fhould approach nearer and nearer to the total disappointment ...
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... himself quickly fink heaps his fury has made , himself a prey to the univerfal leveller of mankind . And what is all history full of , but fuch horrid fcenes as thefe ? Has not ambition or fuperftition fet mankind , in all ages and ...
... himself quickly fink heaps his fury has made , himself a prey to the univerfal leveller of mankind . And what is all history full of , but fuch horrid fcenes as thefe ? Has not ambition or fuperftition fet mankind , in all ages and ...
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... himself , he might rife to greatness and felicity inconceivable ? Would any rational crea- ture make this abfurd choice merely upon the confideration , that if he was of a species endowed with liberty , it was poffible he might be fo ...
... himself , he might rife to greatness and felicity inconceivable ? Would any rational crea- ture make this abfurd choice merely upon the confideration , that if he was of a species endowed with liberty , it was poffible he might be fo ...
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Sida 323 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Sida 323 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot ; who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Sida 371 - Whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation. And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth...
Sida 324 - I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord.
Sida 440 - vifions, and behold one, like the SoN oF MAN, " came with the clouds of heaven, and came to ** the antient of days, and they brought him ** near before him.
Sida 166 - I must confess I think it is below reasonable creatures to be altogether conversant in such diversions as are merely innocent, and have nothing else to recommend them, but that there is no hurt in them. Whether any kind of gaming has even thus much to...
Sida 436 - Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, till the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled...
Sida 496 - If your treasure be in the world, so is the love of your hearts. And if ye love the world, and the things of the world, the love of God is not in you ; and the love of God is the love of his commandments ; and he that loveth not God's commandments...
Sida 354 - God is the God of the Gentiles, as well as of the Jews; and has concluded them all in unbelief, only that he might have mercy upon all.
Sida 438 - The prediction of Ifaiah is ftill clearer : ch. ix. 6, 7. " unto us a child is born, unto us a fon is " given, and the government fhall be upon his fhoulders ; and his " name fhall be called * Wonderful, Counfellor, the Mighty God, ." the Everlafting Father, the Prince of Peace : of the increafe of " his government and peace there fhall be no end, upon the throne