Moral essaysJ. and P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson, and S. Draper, 1751 |
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... fhews how the fame HOPE is a proof of a future ftate , from the confideration of God's giving man no appetite in vain , or what he did not intend fhould be fatisfied ; He fees , why Nature plants in Man alone Hope of known blifs , and ...
... fhews how the fame HOPE is a proof of a future ftate , from the confideration of God's giving man no appetite in vain , or what he did not intend fhould be fatisfied ; He fees , why Nature plants in Man alone Hope of known blifs , and ...
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... fhews them , that complaints against the established order of things begin in the highest abfurdity , from mifapplied reafon and power , and end in the highest impiety , in an attempt to degrade the God of heaven , and affume his place ...
... fhews them , that complaints against the established order of things begin in the highest abfurdity , from mifapplied reafon and power , and end in the highest impiety , in an attempt to degrade the God of heaven , and affume his place ...
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... fhews the ill effects of it , in the cafe of the fallen Angels ; and ob- ferves , that even wishing to invert the laws of Order , is a lower fpecies of their crime : Then brings an inftance of one of the effects of Pride , which is the ...
... fhews the ill effects of it , in the cafe of the fallen Angels ; and ob- ferves , that even wishing to invert the laws of Order , is a lower fpecies of their crime : Then brings an inftance of one of the effects of Pride , which is the ...
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... fhewing how moral evil promotes good ; and employs the fame conceffions of his adverfaries , concerning natural evil , to illuftrate it . 1. He fhews it tends to the good of the whole , or Univer fe ( from 151 to 164 ) and this by ...
... fhewing how moral evil promotes good ; and employs the fame conceffions of his adverfaries , concerning natural evil , to illuftrate it . 1. He fhews it tends to the good of the whole , or Univer fe ( from 151 to 164 ) and this by ...
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... fhews ( from 172 to 207 ) that though the complaint of his adverfaries against Providence be on pretence of real moral evils ; yet , at bottom , it all proceeds from their impatience under ima- ginary natural ones , the iffue of a ...
... fhews ( from 172 to 207 ) that though the complaint of his adverfaries against Providence be on pretence of real moral evils ; yet , at bottom , it all proceeds from their impatience under ima- ginary natural ones , the iffue of a ...
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abfurd againſt arifing Balaam beauty becauſe beft beſt bleffing bleft blifs Cæfar caufe cauſe Characters cife COMMENTARY conclufion confequently confifts courſe Dæmon defcribed defign Effay Epiftle ev'ry evil faid falfe fame fatire fays fecond feen fenfe ferves fhall fhews fhould firft firſt folly fome fool foul ftate ftill ftrength fubject fublime fuch fuppofe fupport fure fyftem gives Happineſs hath Heav'n himſelf human illuftrate inftance itſelf juft juſt knave laft laſt lefs Mankind mind miſtake moft moral moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary neral NOTES obfervation occafion perfon Philofopher pleaſure poet poet's pow'r praiſe preſent Pride principle purpoſe purſue racter raiſe Reafon reft Religion Riches rife ruling Paffion Self-love Senfe ſhall ſhe ſtanding ſtate ſtill ſyſtem Tafte Taſte thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand thro tion true truth univerfal uſe Vice Virtue whofe whole whoſe wife wiſdom