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... Operations . As the Powers of the Soul when they are well exerted turn into Vertues , so is it by that Exertion that we attain our Happiness . Vertue is that right and well ordered Habit by force of which we attain our Happiness . ITS ...
... Operations . As the Powers of the Soul when they are well exerted turn into Vertues , so is it by that Exertion that we attain our Happiness . Vertue is that right and well ordered Habit by force of which we attain our Happiness . ITS ...
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... Operations ; Springs , Rivers , Minerals and Vegetables are all perfected by the Sun , all the Motion , Life and sense of Birds , Beasts and Fishes dependeth on the same . Yet the Sun is but a little spark , among all the Creatures ...
... Operations ; Springs , Rivers , Minerals and Vegetables are all perfected by the Sun , all the Motion , Life and sense of Birds , Beasts and Fishes dependeth on the same . Yet the Sun is but a little spark , among all the Creatures ...
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... Operations , in its Actions , existing and abiding Perfect for ever . IN GOD , to Act and to Be , are the same Thing . Upon the suspension of his act , his Essence would be gone ; whereas our Essence may without its Act , or Operation ...
... Operations , in its Actions , existing and abiding Perfect for ever . IN GOD , to Act and to Be , are the same Thing . Upon the suspension of his act , his Essence would be gone ; whereas our Essence may without its Act , or Operation ...
Contents
Preface | xi |
Textual Introduction | li |
To the Reader 372 | 12 |
Copyright | |
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