Select discourses ... . im •, and the fenfe of death fomuch affli&ed him, that it bred in him the fad griefswhich S. Peter exprefTeth by uShvoa tS Szzvcctv Ad. pangs or throes of death, and that fear that extorteda defire to be freed from it, as it is infinuated by that inHeb. Ztf was delivered from what he feared ^ for fothe words, being nothing elfe but an Hebraifm, are toberendred, vcsLKUcfreU ^m $ vuhaGelcu. And we arewont to call this the language and dittate of Naturewhich lawfully endeavours to preferve it felf, thoughprefently an higher principle muft bring all thefe undera


Select discourses ... . im •, and the fenfe of death fomuch affli&ed him, that it bred in him the fad griefswhich S. Peter exprefTeth by uShvoa tS Szzvcctv Ad. pangs or throes of death, and that fear that extorteda defire to be freed from it, as it is infinuated by that inHeb. Ztf was delivered from what he feared ^ for fothe words, being nothing elfe but an Hebraifm, are toberendred, vcsLKUcfreU ^m $ vuhaGelcu. And we arewont to call this the language and dittate of Naturewhich lawfully endeavours to preferve it felf, thoughprefently an higher principle muft bring all thefe undera fubje&ion to God, and a free fubmiflion to his goodpleafure: as it was with our Saviour, who moderatedall thefe paflions by a ready refignment of himfelf andhis own Will up to the Will of God • and though hisHumanity cravd for eafe and relaxation, yet that Di-vine Nature that was within him would not have itwith any repugnancy to the fupreme Will of God. DISCOURSE Concerning THE EXISTENCE NATURE OF GOD-. M. T. Cicero De Legibus. JEx tot generibm nullum eft animal prater hominem quodhabeat notitiam aliquam Dei t ipfifque in hominibusnulla gens eft neqne tarn immanfueta^ neque tamfera^qua non^ etiamfi ignoret qualem habere Deum deceat^tamen habendum fciat. R OF J*? OF THE EXISTENCE AND NATUREofGOD!


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