 | Matthew Tindal - 1730 - 470 pages
...not connected with the Things they forbid ; yet a Being of infinite Power is not thus ftrait,en'd, but may make one the neceflary Confequence of the...our Mifery on the intrinfick Nature of the other. As God, whofe infinite Wifdom fets him above being deceiv'd, or influenc'd by any wrong Affections,... | |
 | John Conybeare - 1732 - 492 pages
...Nature is " fix'd and immoveable, and, confequently, 11 our Happinefs depends on the intrinfick '•l Nature of the one, and our Mifery on " the intrinfick Nature of the other. " p. 16. It is from hence certain, and will be farther confirm'd by our Author's Way of Reafoning in... | |
 | Elisha Smith - 1737 - 494 pages
...of " Things, and their Nature is fix'd and immu** table : And confequently our Happinefs de** pends on the intrinfick Nature of the one, and ** our Mifery on the intrinfick Nature of the * ReafoniiU. tf Ckrijt. p. 287, Ufc. pHAP. « other*." .This fhews his true Sentiments, notwithftanding... | |
 | Elisha Smith - 1737 - 492 pages
...and their Nature isfix'dandimmove'' able : And confequently our Happinefs de" pends on theintrinfick Nature of the one, and " our Mifery on the intrinfick Nature of the " other." Andpag.332. " 'Tis the View with " which an Action is done, that makes it mo'' ral : He who pays his... | |
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Lawgivers are forc'd to have Recourfe to Punifhments, which are not connected with the Things they forbid ; yet a Being of infinite Power is not thus ftrait,en'd, but may make one the neceflary Confequence of the , other : And, indeed, how can it be otherwife,... 