The Works of William Paley: With a Life of the Author, Volume 5Thomas Tegg, 1825 |
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... concerning all which it may be said , that with the greater part of mankind , especially of that class of mankind which must or does give much of its time and care to worldly con-阚 cerns , they are little less than absolutely necessary ...
... concerning all which it may be said , that with the greater part of mankind , especially of that class of mankind which must or does give much of its time and care to worldly con-阚 cerns , they are little less than absolutely necessary ...
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... concerning religion , or any of the tenets of religion , they forthwith plunge into irreligion ; and make these difficulties , or any degree of uncertainty which seems to their apprehension to hang over the subject , a ground and ...
... concerning religion , or any of the tenets of religion , they forthwith plunge into irreligion ; and make these difficulties , or any degree of uncertainty which seems to their apprehension to hang over the subject , a ground and ...
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... concerning which religion treats , so remote from our senses , so different from our experience , so above and beyond the ordinary train and course of our ideas ; and then say , whether difficulties , and great difficulties also , were ...
... concerning which religion treats , so remote from our senses , so different from our experience , so above and beyond the ordinary train and course of our ideas ; and then say , whether difficulties , and great difficulties also , were ...
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... concerning which we are discoursing , and which if they do not possess , they want one great proof of their heart being right towards God . If the spirit of prayer , as it is sometimes called , if the state and relish for devotion , if ...
... concerning which we are discoursing , and which if they do not possess , they want one great proof of their heart being right towards God . If the spirit of prayer , as it is sometimes called , if the state and relish for devotion , if ...
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... concerning thanksgiving and confession is likewise true of prayer universally . The spirit of devotion will apply our prayers to our wants . In forms of worship , be they ever so well composed , it is impossible to exhibit human wants ...
... concerning thanksgiving and confession is likewise true of prayer universally . The spirit of devotion will apply our prayers to our wants . In forms of worship , be they ever so well composed , it is impossible to exhibit human wants ...
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