A Review of the Principles of Necessary and Contingent Truth, in Reference Chiefly to the Doctrines of Hume and ReidRivington, 1830 - 222 páginas |
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... impossible , nor a contingent , but a necessary relation to existence , it follows from thence abso- lutely that he does exist . For as of things con- tradictory , or having in them an impossible rela- tion to existence , we conclude ...
... impossible , nor a contingent , but a necessary relation to existence , it follows from thence abso- lutely that he does exist . For as of things con- tradictory , or having in them an impossible rela- tion to existence , we conclude ...
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... impossible nor yet contingent to be or not to be , but that it certainly is and cannot but be . This is ingenious , but I suspect it proves too much . For would it not follow that we cannot argue hypothetically at all concerning the ...
... impossible nor yet contingent to be or not to be , but that it certainly is and cannot but be . This is ingenious , but I suspect it proves too much . For would it not follow that we cannot argue hypothetically at all concerning the ...
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... impossible that He should ever have been . Wherefore God is either impos- sible to have been , or else He is ; for if God were possible , and yet be not , then is He not a neces- sary but a contingent being , which is contrary to the ...
... impossible that He should ever have been . Wherefore God is either impos- sible to have been , or else He is ; for if God were possible , and yet be not , then is He not a neces- sary but a contingent being , which is contrary to the ...
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... impossible , inasmuch as even omnipotence could not make any thing to be indifferently either true or false , or so constitute our human faculties as that we should have as clear conceptions of false- hood as of truth , Truth , " he ...
... impossible , inasmuch as even omnipotence could not make any thing to be indifferently either true or false , or so constitute our human faculties as that we should have as clear conceptions of false- hood as of truth , Truth , " he ...
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... impossible or improbable , our dis- tinction respects merely the nature or ground of our conclusion , without affecting our convic- tion of the certainty of the event , which may be as great and unavoidable in the one case as in the ...
... impossible or improbable , our dis- tinction respects merely the nature or ground of our conclusion , without affecting our convic- tion of the certainty of the event , which may be as great and unavoidable in the one case as in the ...
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Página 158 - And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you, as wheat: but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not ; and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Página 172 - Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
Página 111 - O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter, saith the Lord ? Behold as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel.
Página 194 - As the godly consideration of Predestination, and our Election in Christ, is full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort to godly persons and such as feel in themselves the working of the Spirit of Christ, mortifying the works of the flesh, and their earthly members, and drawing up their mind to high and heavenly things; as well because it doth greatly establish and confirm their faith of eternal salvation to be enjoyed through Christ, as because it doth fervently kindle their love towards God...
Página 13 - A cause is an object precedent and contiguous to another, and so united with it, that the idea of the one determines the mind to form the idea of the other, and the impression of the one to form a more lively idea of the other.
Página 157 - Blessed are those servants whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching. Verily I say unto you that he shall gird himself and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. "And if he shall come in the second watch or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
Página 143 - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord...
Página 159 - Put on, therefore, as the elect of God. holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering, forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any; even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Página 21 - Seeing then that truth consisteth in the right ordering of names in our affirmations, a man that seeketh precise truth had need to remember what every name he uses stands for, and to place it accordingly, or else he will find himself entangled in words, as a bird in lime twigs, the more he struggles the more belimed.
Página 112 - And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it ; if it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.