Essays Upon Several Moral SubjectsD. Brown, 1713 - 442 strán (strany) |
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Strana xxii
... poor Miscreants compel one another , denying to our Fellow - creatures that Freedom which he allows all the Creation . I wish we would confider bow each Man eats , drinks , cares for his Family , and performs all common Duties ...
... poor Miscreants compel one another , denying to our Fellow - creatures that Freedom which he allows all the Creation . I wish we would confider bow each Man eats , drinks , cares for his Family , and performs all common Duties ...
Strana xxviii
... poor ones were hungry , they did not feed them ; when they were naked , they did not cloath them ; without mentioning any thing of their Unbelief in Mat xers of Controverfy , or Government . And therefore , I hope , that these to whom I ...
... poor ones were hungry , they did not feed them ; when they were naked , they did not cloath them ; without mentioning any thing of their Unbelief in Mat xers of Controverfy , or Government . And therefore , I hope , that these to whom I ...
Strana 2
... poor Soul he might have confidered , that seeing he had crept from his Cradle into that Error , and had run his Glafs to its laft Sand , in propagating that hellish Conceit ; that therefore this Expreffion was ra- ther ther a Confeffion ...
... poor Soul he might have confidered , that seeing he had crept from his Cradle into that Error , and had run his Glafs to its laft Sand , in propagating that hellish Conceit ; that therefore this Expreffion was ra- ther ther a Confeffion ...
Strana 8
... Poor . Thus likewife , if the Rich Glutton had dieted himself according to the fcant Prefcript of their allowance , his fcorched Tongue had not ftood in need of a drop of Water to allay its Thirft . Neither had Nico- demus needed to ...
... Poor . Thus likewife , if the Rich Glutton had dieted himself according to the fcant Prefcript of their allowance , his fcorched Tongue had not ftood in need of a drop of Water to allay its Thirft . Neither had Nico- demus needed to ...
Strana 19
... poor Sinners ; who according to their Doctrine can- not be blamed for their Obftinacy , because it was never free to them to do otherwife . And how ( I pray you ) could the Sluggard in the Parable have been punished for not improving ...
... poor Sinners ; who according to their Doctrine can- not be blamed for their Obftinacy , because it was never free to them to do otherwife . And how ( I pray you ) could the Sluggard in the Parable have been punished for not improving ...
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admire Affiftance againſt albeit alfo amongst Anfwer Avarice becauſe beft beftow believe caufe Celador cheat Chriftian Church conclude Confcience confefs confider Creatures deferves defign defire Difcourfe Divine doth eafy Eftate Efteem elfe elſe endeavour Enemies faid fame fatisfy fave fear fecure feeing feems feen felf felves ferve fhall fhew fhould fince firft fome Frugality ftand ftill fuch fuffer fure Glory greateſt Happineſs hath Heaven himſelf Honour Humour Inftance Intereft juft Juftice Lacedemon laft leaft lefs likewife Luft Luxury Mafter Meaſures ment moft moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary Neceffities nefs noble Number obferved Occafion oft-times Paffion Pains Perfons perfuade Philofophers pleafe pleaſant pleaſe Pleaſure prefent Publick Employment Puniſhment raiſe Reafon refolved Refpect Revenge Riches ſeeing Senfe Solitude Soul thefe themſelves ther thereby theſe thing thofe thoſe thought Thouſands underſtand uſe Vice vicious Virtue virtuous whereas wherein whereof whilft whofe worfe World
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