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... better , have the notion of Evil : Better Things are Evil , if compared with the Best ; especially where the Choice of the one hinders the Acquisition of the other . For where Good , Better , and Best , are subservient to each other ...
... better , have the notion of Evil : Better Things are Evil , if compared with the Best ; especially where the Choice of the one hinders the Acquisition of the other . For where Good , Better , and Best , are subservient to each other ...
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... better than if all its Globe were of beaten Gold , the Seas are better than if all their Abysses were full of Diamonds , the Air is better , than if all the space between us and the Skys were full of Scepters , and the Sun alone a ...
... better than if all its Globe were of beaten Gold , the Seas are better than if all their Abysses were full of Diamonds , the Air is better , than if all the space between us and the Skys were full of Scepters , and the Sun alone a ...
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... Better . But this I will aver , that GOD hath wrought abundantly more , than if he had made any one single Effect of his Power infinite . He hath wrought a Work that pleaseth him infinitely Better , and so will it please us , when we ...
... Better . But this I will aver , that GOD hath wrought abundantly more , than if he had made any one single Effect of his Power infinite . He hath wrought a Work that pleaseth him infinitely Better , and so will it please us , when we ...
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Preface | xi |
Textual Introduction | li |
To the Reader 372 | 12 |
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