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... rest go . Thus , when God's justice is described in Scripture as vengeance , to show us that it pursues the offender as sternly as a revengeful man would pursue his enemy , superstition fastens on the thought of God's thirsting for ...
... rest go . Thus , when God's justice is described in Scripture as vengeance , to show us that it pursues the offender as sternly as a revengeful man would pursue his enemy , superstition fastens on the thought of God's thirsting for ...
Page 466
... rest discontent , because they may claim a due ; but contrariwise in favour , to use men with much difference and election , is good ; for it maketh the persons preferred more thankful , and the rest more officious ; because all is of ...
... rest discontent , because they may claim a due ; but contrariwise in favour , to use men with much difference and election , is good ; for it maketh the persons preferred more thankful , and the rest more officious ; because all is of ...
Page 576
... rest in order , the higher the slower ; and so are compelled to imagine a double motion ; whereas how evident is it , that that which they call a contrary motion , is but an abatement of motion ? The fixed stars overgo ' Saturn , and so ...
... rest in order , the higher the slower ; and so are compelled to imagine a double motion ; whereas how evident is it , that that which they call a contrary motion , is but an abatement of motion ? The fixed stars overgo ' Saturn , and so ...
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OF ADVERSITY | 60 |
OF SIMULATION AND DISSIMULATION | 72 |
OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN | 81 |
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