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... possible ends by the best of all possible means KNOWLEDGE , how excellent soever it may be conceived , is , without wisdom , like skill without practice ; which , whether it be in music or painting or any other art , as government ...
... possible ends by the best of all possible means KNOWLEDGE , how excellent soever it may be conceived , is , without wisdom , like skill without practice ; which , whether it be in music or painting or any other art , as government ...
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... possible or desirable be wanting to it . God alone is the best of all possible ends , who includeth all things in Himself , as their cause and end . The perfection of His will is His blessedness and glory , and His essence the only ...
... possible or desirable be wanting to it . God alone is the best of all possible ends , who includeth all things in Himself , as their cause and end . The perfection of His will is His blessedness and glory , and His essence the only ...
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... possible evils are the sins of men , which have an infinite demerit and vileness in them , yet are truly possible ; and the reason of their possibility is thus accounted . Impossible , which are worst of all , are sins in God . To make ...
... possible evils are the sins of men , which have an infinite demerit and vileness in them , yet are truly possible ; and the reason of their possibility is thus accounted . Impossible , which are worst of all , are sins in God . To make ...
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