The analogy of religion, natural and revealed, to the constitution and course of nature. With analytical index, by E. Steere |
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abſolutely actions againſt alſo analogy of nature anſwer appear ariſe Author of nature becauſe cafe caſe cauſes Chap Chriſt Chriſtianity confideration confidered conſequences conſiſts conſtitution of nature courſe of nature courſe of things creatures credibility deſign deſtruction diſcipline diſpenſation diſtinct evidence exerciſe exiſt expreſſed falſe fince firſt fuch future ſtate habits happineſs hiſtory inſtances inſtitutions inſtruction intereſt itſelf juſt leſs mankind manner matter miracles miſery moral government moſt muſt natural religion neceffity neceſſarily neceſſary neceſſity objections obſervations occafions ourſelves particular paſs paſſions perſons pleaſure poſed poſitive poſſible preſent preſumption principles proof purpoſe queſtion raiſes reaſon regard reſpect revelation rewarded and puniſhed ſaid ſame ſay ſcarce ſcheme ſcripture ſecurity ſee ſeems ſelves ſenſe ſeveral ſhall ſhould ſhow ſhown ſince ſociety ſome ſome degree ſomewhat ſpeak ſpeculative ſtand ſtill ſtrong ſubject ſuch ſufficient ſuppoſe ſuppoſition ſurely ſyſtem themſelves theſe things thoſe tion truth univerſe uſe vice virtue whole
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Page vii - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment, and nothing remained but to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of reprisals for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world.
Page xiii - Probable evidence is essentially distinguished from demonstrative by this, that it admits of degrees; and of all variety of them, from the highest moral certainty, to the very lowest presumption. We cannot indeed say a thing is probably true upon one very slight presumption for it; because, as there may be probabilities on both sides of a question, there may be some against it: and though there be not, yet a slight presumption does not...
Page 399 - Again, suppose one man should, by fraud or violence, take from another the fruit of his labour, with intent to give it to a third, who he thought would have as much pleasure from it as would balance the pleasure which the first possessor would have had in the enjoyment, and his vexation in the loss of it; suppose, also, that no bad consequences would follow; yet such an action would surely be vicious.
Page 256 - For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
Page 34 - I know not, that we have any one kind or degree of enjoyment, but by the means of our own actions. And by prudence and care, we may, for the most part, pass our days in tolerable ease and quiet : or, on the contrary, we may by rashness, ungoverned passion, wilfulness, or even by negligence, make ourselves as miserable as ever we please.
Page 182 - ... a city upon a hill, a standing memorial to the world of the duty which we owe our Maker; to call men continually, both by example and instruction, to attend to it, and by the form of religion ever before their eyes, remind them of the reality: to be the repository of the oracles of God; to hold up the light of revelation in aid to that of nature, and propagate it throughout all generations to the end of the world — the light of revelation considered here in no other view than as designed to...
Page 234 - For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
Page 153 - Indeed the natural and moral constitution and government of the world are so connected, as to make up together but one scheme : and it is highly probable, that the first is formed and carried on merely in subserviency to the latter; as the vegetable world is for the animal, and organized bodies for minds..
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Page 166 - That there is an intelligent Author of Nature and natural Governor of the world is a principle gone upon in the foregoing treatise as proved, and generally known and confessed to be proved.