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... reason of the soul can do , when most fully informed . It is evident that without this faith the greater half of our felicity can never be enjoyed . To know that we are men , encompassed with the skies , and that the sun and moon and ...
... reason of the soul can do , when most fully informed . It is evident that without this faith the greater half of our felicity can never be enjoyed . To know that we are men , encompassed with the skies , and that the sun and moon and ...
Page 146
... reason , that it ought to be infinite if strict justice were exacted at our hands . Our intention is , in the course of reason , to be infinitely and eternally grieved for the baseness of the act and the vileness we have contracted ...
... reason , that it ought to be infinite if strict justice were exacted at our hands . Our intention is , in the course of reason , to be infinitely and eternally grieved for the baseness of the act and the vileness we have contracted ...
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... reason of the esteem , and reason itself the ground of the return , a little kindness deserveth a little love , and much deserveth more . Reason itself is adapted to the measure of the good it receiveth , and for a shilling's worth of ...
... reason of the esteem , and reason itself the ground of the return , a little kindness deserveth a little love , and much deserveth more . Reason itself is adapted to the measure of the good it receiveth , and for a shilling's worth of ...
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