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... Certainly there be that de- light in giddiness ; and count it a bondage to fix a belief ; affecting free - will in thinking , as well as in acting . And though the sects of philosophers of that kind be gone , yet there remain certain ...
... Certainly there be that de- light in giddiness ; and count it a bondage to fix a belief ; affecting free - will in thinking , as well as in acting . And though the sects of philosophers of that kind be gone , yet there remain certain ...
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... Certainly , it is heaven upon earth , to have a man's mind move in charity , rest in providence , and turn upon the poles of truth . To pass from theological and philosophical truth , to the truth of civil business ; it will be ...
... Certainly , it is heaven upon earth , to have a man's mind move in charity , rest in providence , and turn upon the poles of truth . To pass from theological and philosophical truth , to the truth of civil business ; it will be ...
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... Certainly , the contemp- lation of death , as the wages of sin , and passage to another world , is holy and religious ; but the fear of it , as a tribute due unto nature , is weak . Yet in re- ligious meditations , there is sometimes ...
... Certainly , the contemp- lation of death , as the wages of sin , and passage to another world , is holy and religious ; but the fear of it , as a tribute due unto nature , is weak . Yet in re- ligious meditations , there is sometimes ...
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... Certainly the Stoics bestowed too much cost upon death , and by their great preparations made it appear more fearful . Better , saith he , qui " finem vitæ extremum inter munera ponat naturæ . ” It is as natural to die as to be born and ...
... Certainly the Stoics bestowed too much cost upon death , and by their great preparations made it appear more fearful . Better , saith he , qui " finem vitæ extremum inter munera ponat naturæ . ” It is as natural to die as to be born and ...
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... certainly , it is little better : when atheists and profane persons do hear of so many discordant and contrary opinions in religion , it doth avert them from the church , and maketh them , " to sit down " in the chair of the scorners ...
... certainly , it is little better : when atheists and profane persons do hear of so many discordant and contrary opinions in religion , it doth avert them from the church , and maketh them , " to sit down " in the chair of the scorners ...
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