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" ... of the rants of the Portic, that we owe our virtue to ourselves, not to God. It would be equally false to say, that we owe our happiness to ourselves, not to God. But this may be said with truth, that God, when he gave us reason, left us to our free-will... "
A View of the Principal Deistical Writers that Have Appeared in England in ... - Page 352
by John Leland - 1755 - 483 pages
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A view of the principal deistical writers ... in England in the ..., Volume 2

John Leland - 1764 - 470 pages
...obferves, that " it may " be truly faid that God, when he gave us our reafoh, left " us to our free-will, to make a proper or improper ufe of -*' it; fo that...arriving at happinefs, and have none, " to blame but onrfelves when we fail of it k ." And to the fame purpofe he faith, that " God has given to his human...
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A view of the principal deistical writers ... in England in the ..., Volume 1

John Leland - 1764 - 426 pages
...ufe ofourreafon, which leads us to the practice of moral virtue, and all the duties of fociety 1 ." "That we are obliged to our Creator for a certain rule, and fufficierit means of arriving at happinefs, and have none to blame but ourfelves, when we fail of it'"."...
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The Philosophical Works of the Late Right Honorable Henry St. John ..., Volume 4

Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Metaphysics - 1776 - 410 pages
...to God. But this may be faid with truth, that God, when he gave us reafon, left us to our free-will to make a proper, or improper, ufe of it : fo that...it. It is not reafon, but perverfe will, that makes us fall Ihort of attainable happinefs. The rule is fo certain, and the means fo fufficient, that they...
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The Works of the Late Right Honourable Henry St. John, Lord ..., Volume 8

Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1809 - 530 pages
...God, when he gave us reason, left us to our free •will to make a proper or improper use of it: so that we are obliged to our Creator for a certain rule and sufficient means of arriving at happiness, and have none to blame but ourselves, when we fail of it....
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Handbuch der englischen sprache und literature, Volume 1

H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 pages
...God, when he gave us reason, left us to our free-will to make a proper, or improper, use of it: so that we are obliged to our creator for a certain rule and sufficient means of arriving at happiness, and have none to blame but ourselves, when we fail of it....
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The Works of Lord Bolingbroke: With a Life, Prepared Expressly for ..., Volume 4

Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1841 - 540 pages
...God, when he gave us reason, left us to our free-will to make a proper, or improper, use of it: so that we are obliged to our Creator for a certain rule and sufficient means of arriving at happiness, and have none to blame but ourselves, when we fail of it....
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The Works of Lord Bolingbroke: With a Life, Prepared Expressly for ..., Volume 4

Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1841 - 550 pages
...God, when he gave us reason, left us to our free-will to make a proper, or improper, use of it: so that we are obliged to our Creator for a certain rule and sufficient means of arriving at happiness, and have none to blame but ourselves, when we fail of it....
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The Works of Lord Bolingbroke: With a Life, Prepared Expressly for ..., Volume 4

Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1841 - 546 pages
...God, when he gave us reason, left us to our free-will to make a proper, or improper, use of it: so that we are obliged to our Creator for a certain rule and sufficient means of arriving at happiness, and have none to blame but ourselves, when we fail of it....
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