| 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... | |
| 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'"."... | |
| 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... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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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