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Page 52
... Design of his Religion . Before I pro- ceed to the Proof of this Propofition , I fhall briefly endeavour to state , and restrain it within its juft Bounds and Limits : And they are these four . First , That it is not to be under- stood ...
... Design of his Religion . Before I pro- ceed to the Proof of this Propofition , I fhall briefly endeavour to state , and restrain it within its juft Bounds and Limits : And they are these four . First , That it is not to be under- stood ...
Page 64
... Design of Christianity is not to reconcile Mens Notions , or to beget in the World an univerfal Harmony in Systems of Orthodox Opinions ; which confi- dering the Frame of human Nature , the infinite Variety of Mens Ages and Complections ...
... Design of Christianity is not to reconcile Mens Notions , or to beget in the World an univerfal Harmony in Systems of Orthodox Opinions ; which confi- dering the Frame of human Nature , the infinite Variety of Mens Ages and Complections ...
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... Design of it was to fcare them into a fober Mind ; which if it obtain'd , it proceeded no further ; fo that in its own Nature it was medicinal ; and though it was a diftaftful and uneafie Potion , by Rea- fon it gave the Devil ...
... Design of it was to fcare them into a fober Mind ; which if it obtain'd , it proceeded no further ; fo that in its own Nature it was medicinal ; and though it was a diftaftful and uneafie Potion , by Rea- fon it gave the Devil ...
Page 94
... Designs defperate , and unfeafible : But if we will be deaf to all the Arguments which our common Interests , and dangers fuggeft to us 5 if we will still fquander into Sects and Parties , and nothing will ferve our Turns but the Ruin ...
... Designs defperate , and unfeafible : But if we will be deaf to all the Arguments which our common Interests , and dangers fuggeft to us 5 if we will still fquander into Sects and Parties , and nothing will ferve our Turns but the Ruin ...
Page 101
... Designs and Intenti- ons , and the Character here by which they are all diftinguished , is , that they flee when no Man pursues ; i . c . they are of fuch bafe and timerous Spirits , that they are ready to run a- from the leaft Shadow ...
... Designs and Intenti- ons , and the Character here by which they are all diftinguished , is , that they flee when no Man pursues ; i . c . they are of fuch bafe and timerous Spirits , that they are ready to run a- from the leaft Shadow ...
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