Discourses Concerning the Being and Natural Perfections of God: In which that First Principle of Religion, the Existence of the Deity, is Prov'd, ... By John Abernethy, M.A.Dublin, printed: London, re-printed for H. Whitridge, 1743 |
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... fe- curity in himself against being drawn into erroneous opinions , and thereby into wrong actions , which diminishes our respect for him , in proportion to the apprehenfions we have of his fallibility or liableness to change . But the ...
... fe- curity in himself against being drawn into erroneous opinions , and thereby into wrong actions , which diminishes our respect for him , in proportion to the apprehenfions we have of his fallibility or liableness to change . But the ...
Page 86
... fecurity against tempta- tions . But whatever the condition of fupe- rior natures may be , and however ignorant we are of the reafons which make it neceffary that it should be thus progreffive , we know that in fact , this is the ftate ...
... fecurity against tempta- tions . But whatever the condition of fupe- rior natures may be , and however ignorant we are of the reafons which make it neceffary that it should be thus progreffive , we know that in fact , this is the ftate ...
Page 114
... fecurity arifes from it ; for true goodness then appears in all its dignity and beauty , trampling over every thing that comes in com- petition with it ; and it is impoffible for the fincere , felf - approving mind , to think that its ...
... fecurity arifes from it ; for true goodness then appears in all its dignity and beauty , trampling over every thing that comes in com- petition with it ; and it is impoffible for the fincere , felf - approving mind , to think that its ...
Page 133
... fecurities , but tend more effectually to promote the common good . There is in- deed a great disparity between human govern- ments and the divine , in this refpect that their forefight of the behaviour of fubjects is li- mited and ...
... fecurities , but tend more effectually to promote the common good . There is in- deed a great disparity between human govern- ments and the divine , in this refpect that their forefight of the behaviour of fubjects is li- mited and ...
Page 148
... fecurity and peace to the human mind ? All our expecta- tions of good , confidered as merely gratuitous , from any agent , are founded on the suppofi- tion of a benevolent principle in him , but if benevolence in God be a quite ...
... fecurity and peace to the human mind ? All our expecta- tions of good , confidered as merely gratuitous , from any agent , are founded on the suppofi- tion of a benevolent principle in him , but if benevolence in God be a quite ...
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