On natural theologyR. Carter, 1840 |
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... element of space or the element of time . With the one the basis of the argument is the ephemeral experience of our little day . With the other the basis of the argument is the con- tracted observation of our little sphere . They both ...
... element of space or the element of time . With the one the basis of the argument is the ephemeral experience of our little day . With the other the basis of the argument is the con- tracted observation of our little sphere . They both ...
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... elements of some terrestrial survey , or the observed elements of some distant planet that have been committed to a formula , and made over to the investigations of the analyst . It was indeed a far loftier flight , when in the capacity ...
... elements of some terrestrial survey , or the observed elements of some distant planet that have been committed to a formula , and made over to the investigations of the analyst . It was indeed a far loftier flight , when in the capacity ...
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... elements , of goodwill on the one hand , and of gratitude on the other , subsists as before - and the only effect of this ascent upon the morality of the question , is , that we are led thereby to infer the obligation of a still more ...
... elements , of goodwill on the one hand , and of gratitude on the other , subsists as before - and the only effect of this ascent upon the morality of the question , is , that we are led thereby to infer the obligation of a still more ...
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... elements of sight and sound so exquisitely fitted to the organs of the human frame - work , may have been provided by one who did benevolently consult in them our special accommodation . The graces innumerable that lie widely spread ...
... elements of sight and sound so exquisitely fitted to the organs of the human frame - work , may have been provided by one who did benevolently consult in them our special accommodation . The graces innumerable that lie widely spread ...
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... elements of a moral nature ; and the peculiar character of each could be seen from the way in which it responded to the manifestation of a Deity . And though only visited by the thought or the suspicion of a Deity , the same thing still ...
... elements of a moral nature ; and the peculiar character of each could be seen from the way in which it responded to the manifestation of a Deity . And though only visited by the thought or the suspicion of a Deity , the same thing still ...
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Էջ 248 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Էջ 253 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
Էջ 129 - When two species of objects have always been observed to be conjoined together, I can infer, by custom, the existence of one wherever I see the existence of the other; and this I call an argument from experience. But how this argument can have place where the objects, as in the present case, are single, individual, without parallel or specific resemblance, may be difficult to explain. And will any man tell me with a...
Էջ 248 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind : and God saw that it was good.
Էջ 130 - And will any man tell me with a serious countenance, that an orderly universe must arise from some thought and art like the human, because we have experience of it ? To ascertain this reasoning, it were requisite that we had experience of the origin of worlds ; and it is not sufficient, surely, that we have seen ships and cities arise from human art and contrivance.
Էջ 53 - ... nee erit alia lex Romae, alia Athenis, alia nunc, alia posthac, sed et omnes gentes et omni tempore una lex et sempiterna et immutabilis continebit, unusque erit communis quasi magister et imperator omnium deus, ille legis huius inventor, disceptator, lator; cui qui non parebit, ipse se fugiet ac naturam hominis aspernatus hoc ipso luet maximas poenas, etiamsi cetera supplicia, quae putantur, effugerit...
Էջ 226 - For it became Him who created them to set them in order. And if He did so, it is unphilosophical to seek for any other origin of the world, or to pretend that it might arise out of a chaos by the mere laws of Nature; though being once formed, it may continue by those laws for many ages.
Էջ 354 - The two are distinct of themselves ; but the contingent union of them, in the case of every virtuous affection, gives a multiple force to the conclusion, that God is the lover, and, because so, the patron or the rewarder of virtue. He hath so constituted our nature, that, in the very flow and exercise of the good affections, there shall be the oil of gladness. There is instant delight in the first conception of benevolence. There is sustained delight in its continued exercise. There is consummated...
Էջ 62 - The wonder, then, turns on the great process, by which a man could grow to the immense intelligence that can know that there is no God. What ages and what lights are requisite for THIS attainment ! This intelligence involves the very attributes of Divinity, while a God is denied: for unless this man is omnipresent, unless he is at this moment in every place in the universe, he cannot know but there...
Էջ 321 - Thus, that principle by which we survey, and either approve or disapprove our own heart, temper, and actions, is not only to be considered as what is in its turn to have some influence ; which may be said of every passion, of the lowest appetites : but likewise as being superior ; as from its very nature manifestly claiming superiority over all others ; insomuch that you cannot form a notion of this faculty, conscience, without taking in judgment...