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... to each other . The orthography has been in many cafes altered , and an attempt made to reduce it to some certain ftandard . The rule laid down for for the difcharge of this task was , that when- PRESENT EDITION . XXV Of colour.
... to each other . The orthography has been in many cafes altered , and an attempt made to reduce it to some certain ftandard . The rule laid down for for the difcharge of this task was , that when- PRESENT EDITION . XXV Of colour.
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... if we were to examine the divine fabricks by our ideas of reason and fitness , and to use the fame method of attack by which some men have assaulted revealed religion religion , we might with as good colour , and 6 PREFACE .
... if we were to examine the divine fabricks by our ideas of reason and fitness , and to use the fame method of attack by which some men have assaulted revealed religion religion , we might with as good colour , and 6 PREFACE .
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religion , we might with as good colour , and with the same success , make the wisdom and power of God in his creation appear to many no better than foolishness There is an air of plausibility which accompanies vulgar reasonings and ...
religion , we might with as good colour , and with the same success , make the wisdom and power of God in his creation appear to many no better than foolishness There is an air of plausibility which accompanies vulgar reasonings and ...
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... colour . The first set- tling of the Jews here , was attended by an almost entire extirpation of all the former inhabitants . Their own civil wars , and those with their petty neighbours , confumed vast multitudes almost every year for ...
... colour . The first set- tling of the Jews here , was attended by an almost entire extirpation of all the former inhabitants . Their own civil wars , and those with their petty neighbours , confumed vast multitudes almost every year for ...
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... colour of justice ; we behold this without emotion , be- cause we have grown up in the conftant view of such practices ; and we are not surprised to hear a man requested to be a knave and a traitor , with as much indifference as if the ...
... colour of justice ; we behold this without emotion , be- cause we have grown up in the conftant view of such practices ; and we are not surprised to hear a man requested to be a knave and a traitor , with as much indifference as if the ...
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