 | John Wesley - 1827 - 562 pages
...improvements to all eternity, shall fall away into nothing almost as soon as it is created 1 Are such abilities made for no purpose ? A brute arrives at...pass ; in a few years he has all the endowments he is capablfe of; and were he to live ten thousand more, would be the same thing he is at present. Were... | |
 | George Crabb - 1826 - 768 pages
...crowns, with action those. POPK. When we speak of an endowment, we refer in our minds to the receiver ; ' A brute arrives at a point of perfection that he can...few years he has all the endowments he is capable of.1 ADDISON. When we speak of a talent (v. Intellect) we only think of its intrinsic quality or worth... | |
 | Lindley Murray, John Walker - 1826 - 314 pages
...improvements to all eternity, shall fall away into nothing, almost as soon as it is created ? Are such, abilities made for no purpose ? A brute arrives at...perfection, that he can never pass : in a few years he Ins. all the endowments be is capable of; and were he to live ten thousand more, would be the same... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 224 pages
...improvements to all eternity, shall fall away into nothing, almos.6 HS soon as i*is created? Are such abilities made for no purpose:' A brute arrives at a point of perfection, that he can never past;; ina few years he has ail the endowments he is capable of; and were he to live ten thousand more,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 276 pages
...improvements to all eternity, shall fall away into nothing, almost as soon as it is created ? Are such abilities made for no purpose ? A brute arrives at...thousand more, would be the same thing he is at present. 6. Were a human soul thus at a stand in hor accomplishments ; were her faculties to be full blown,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 308 pages
...improvements to all eternity, shall fall away into nothing, almost as soon as it is created? Are such abilities made for no purpose? A brute arrives at...has all the endowments he is capable of; and were he tolive ten thousand more, would be the same thine he is at present. 5. Were a human soul thus at a... | |
 | Russel Canfield - 1827 - 302 pages
...tormented eternally, where its existence is worse than none] almost as soon as it* is created. Are such abilities made for no purpose ? A brute arrives at...he can never pass ; in a few years he has all the acquirements, he is capable of, and were he to live ten thousand more, would be the same thing he is... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 pages
...eternity', shall fall away into nothing', almost as soon as it is created* ? Are such abilities made fur no purpose' ? A brute arrives at a point of perfection', that he ran never pass* : in a few years he has all the endowments h« is capable of* ; and jvere he to live... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1828 - 256 pages
...fall away into nothing, almost as soon as it is created ? Are such abilities made for ' no purpose 1 A brute arrives at a point of perfection, that he...thousand more, would be the same thing he is at present. 6 Were a human soul thus at a stand in her accomplishments ; were her faculties to be full blown, and... | |
 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 pages
...justice in any other words than his own. " A brute, says he, arrives at a point of perfection, which he can never pass. In a few years he has all the endowments...capable of, and were he to live ten thousand more, he would be be the same thing he is at present. Were a human fovl thus at a stand in her accomplishments;... | |
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How can it enter into the thoughts of man, that the soul, which is capable of such immense perfections, and of receiving new improvements to all eternity, shall fall away into nothing almost as soon as it is created ? Are such abilities made for no purpose... 
