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... But in reality that Paffion does no more account for the whole Appearances of Good - will , than this Appetite does ? Is there not often the Appearance of Mens wishing dual . And if there be in Mankind any Serm 6 . A SERMON.
... But in reality that Paffion does no more account for the whole Appearances of Good - will , than this Appetite does ? Is there not often the Appearance of Mens wishing dual . And if there be in Mankind any Serm 6 . A SERMON.
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... Paffions , Appetites , and Affecti- ons in Humane Nature , and yet they are often confounded again . That they are totally different will be feen by any who Serm . I. nevolence and Self - love , do upon Humane Nature . 9.
... Paffions , Appetites , and Affecti- ons in Humane Nature , and yet they are often confounded again . That they are totally different will be feen by any who Serm . I. nevolence and Self - love , do upon Humane Nature . 9.
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... Appetites themselves , and endeavouring after the Means of their Gra- tification . Confider the Appetite of Hunger , and the De- fire of Efteem : Thefe being the Occafion both of Pleasure and Pain , the cooleft Self - love , as well as ...
... Appetites themselves , and endeavouring after the Means of their Gra- tification . Confider the Appetite of Hunger , and the De- fire of Efteem : Thefe being the Occafion both of Pleasure and Pain , the cooleft Self - love , as well as ...
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... Appetites ( diftinct from Benevolence ) whose primary Use and Intention is the Security and Good of Society , and ... Appetite and Paffion now men- tioned may serve for one . Hunger is to be confidered as a private Appetite , because the ...
... Appetites ( diftinct from Benevolence ) whose primary Use and Intention is the Security and Good of Society , and ... Appetite and Paffion now men- tioned may serve for one . Hunger is to be confidered as a private Appetite , because the ...
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... Appetite of Hunger ; fo by acting meerly from Regard ( fuppofe ) to Reputati- on , without any Confideration of the Good of others , Men often ... Appetites , Paffions , Paffions , and particular Affections , quite Serm . I. 12 ASERMON.
... Appetite of Hunger ; fo by acting meerly from Regard ( fuppofe ) to Reputati- on , without any Confideration of the Good of others , Men often ... Appetites , Paffions , Paffions , and particular Affections , quite Serm . I. 12 ASERMON.
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Page 257 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 170 - But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up : and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 259 - ... of whom, and through whom, and to whom are all things...
Page 111 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, With calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 283 - ... then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun...
Page 288 - He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Page 134 - The indignation raised by cruelty and injustice, and the desire of having it punished, which persons unconcerned would feel, is by no means malice. No, it is resentment against vice and wickedness : it is one of the common bonds, by which society is held together; a fellow-feeling, which each individual has in behalf of the whole species, as well as of himself.
Page 286 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Page 39 - Your obligation to obey this law, is its being the law of your nature. That your conscience approves of and attests to such a course of action, is itself alone an obligation. Conscience does not only offer itself to show us the way we should walk in, but it likewise carries its own authority with it, that it is our natural guide ; the guide assigned us by the Author of our nature...