“The” Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson ...W. Ruddiman, 1772 - Sermons, English |
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... state ; that is , as abfolutely excluding all manner or leaft " degree of potentiality , and confequently all poffibi- " lity of being otherwife ; which is radically deftroyed " when all potentiality is taken away . This difcourfe ...
... state ; that is , as abfolutely excluding all manner or leaft " degree of potentiality , and confequently all poffibi- " lity of being otherwife ; which is radically deftroyed " when all potentiality is taken away . This difcourfe ...
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... state of mankind , fear is that paffion which hath the greatest power over us , and by which God and his laws take the fureft hold of us . Our defire , and love , and hope , are not fo apt to be wrought upon by the reprefentation of ...
... state of mankind , fear is that paffion which hath the greatest power over us , and by which God and his laws take the fureft hold of us . Our defire , and love , and hope , are not fo apt to be wrought upon by the reprefentation of ...
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... state . I fhall briefly confider these . ift , He would make us believe , that this apprehen- fion of a God doth fpring from an infinite jealousy in the mind of man , and an endless fear of the worst that may happen ; according to that ...
... state . I fhall briefly confider these . ift , He would make us believe , that this apprehen- fion of a God doth fpring from an infinite jealousy in the mind of man , and an endless fear of the worst that may happen ; according to that ...
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... state of ruin and defperation ! And thus things may happen for all this man's confidence now . For our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing . We cannot fancy things into be-- ing , or make them vanifh ...
... state of ruin and defperation ! And thus things may happen for all this man's confidence now . For our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing . We cannot fancy things into be-- ing , or make them vanifh ...
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... state , yet no man can think we have fo great evidence , as if we ourselves had been in the other world , and feen how all things are there . 2. We have fufficient affurance of these things , and fuch as may beget in us a well ...
... state , yet no man can think we have fo great evidence , as if we ourselves had been in the other world , and feen how all things are there . 2. We have fufficient affurance of these things , and fuch as may beget in us a well ...
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