An Essay on the Origin of Evil, Volume 2By J. Stephens, for W. Thurlbourn, Cambridge, and sold by J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, and W. Innys, 1732 |
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Page 333
... these are made tole- rable by the force of Election , and by a change of the natural Propenfity , at length become De- lights t . On the contrary , what was fweet , beau- tiful , & c . being rejected by the Will , becomes at length ...
... these are made tole- rable by the force of Election , and by a change of the natural Propenfity , at length become De- lights t . On the contrary , what was fweet , beau- tiful , & c . being rejected by the Will , becomes at length ...
Page 345
... these The vio Elections , they fly to the Power of the Paffions ; lence of viz . the Defire of Fame or Glory ; Anger , Ha- Paffions , tred , & c . These are the Causes , fay they , why we fire of choose abfurdly , and by them the Choice ...
... these The vio Elections , they fly to the Power of the Paffions ; lence of viz . the Defire of Fame or Glory ; Anger , Ha- Paffions , tred , & c . These are the Causes , fay they , why we fire of choose abfurdly , and by them the Choice ...
Page 389
... these Evils may be avoided or at least al- leviated ? If the natural Appetite be a greater Good than what these Evils which flow from it can overballance , and therefore worthy to be implan- ted in Animals by the Deity ; how much more ...
... these Evils may be avoided or at least al- leviated ? If the natural Appetite be a greater Good than what these Evils which flow from it can overballance , and therefore worthy to be implan- ted in Animals by the Deity ; how much more ...
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abfolutely abfurd abuſe Actions againſt agreeable alfo amifs anfwer arifes becauſe beft Cafe Caufe Cauſe chofen Choice choofing chooſe cife Circumftances confequently confider'd confiftent contrary cou'd Creatures defire Deity determin'd determine Divine Election Eternity Evil exercife exift Exiſtence Faculties faid fame feems felf felves fenfe fhall fhew fhewn fhould fince firft firſt fome fome things fomething fometimes Free Agents Free-Will ftill fuch things fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure God's Goodneſs greateſt Happineſs himſelf impoffible indifferent infinite Inftances itſelf Laws lefs Liberty manner means Mifery Mind moft Moral moſt Motion muft muſt natural Appetites natural Evils neceffarily neceffary neceffity nefs NOTES Number obferv'd obferve Objects occafion otherwife ourſelves Paffions perfect Perfon pleafing pleaſe Pleaſure poffible pofitive Power prefent Puniſhment purpoſe reafon refpect reprefented Sect ſeems Senfes thefe themſelves ther theſe things thofe thoſe tion Underſtanding uſe Wiſdom worfe World wou'd