| Joseph Napier - 1864 - 350 pages
...ground first of all those objections which unbelieving men have brought forward. He adds, also, that " death may immediately, in the natural course of things,...higher and more enlarged state of life, as our birth does,—a state in which our capacities and sphere of perception and of action may be much greater... | |
| John Henry Freese - Immortality - 1864 - 292 pages
...contrary to the supposition (p. 21). For aught we know of ourselves, of our present life, and of death, death may immediately, in the natural course of things, put us into n higher and more enlarged state of life, as our birth does ; a state in •which our capacities, and... | |
| Joseph Butler - Analogy (Religion) - 1867 - 350 pages
...less still for the first. I Nay, for aught we know of ourselves, of our present life, and of death, death may immediately, in the natural course of. things,...which our capacities and sphere of perception, and of action, may be much greater than at present. For, as our relation to our external organs of sense... | |
| Methodist Church - 1867 - 646 pages
...eternal world. It may be, as Butler further says, " For aught we know of our present life and of death, death may immediately, in the natural course of things,...— a state in which our capacities and sphere of action may be much greater than at present." * But while this admission will readily be made it is... | |
| Jane E. Stebbins - Immortality - 1867 - 618 pages
...the language of Butler again, " for aught we know of ourselves, of our present life, and of death, death may immediately, in the natural course of things,...us into a higher and more enlarged state of life, aa our birth does — a state in which our capacities and sphere of perception, and of action, may... | |
| Joseph Butler - Analogy (Religion) - 1869 - 372 pages
...believe the last, there will be, if that wort possible, J488 for toe next, and less still for the first. things, put us into a higher and more enlarged state...does;* a state in which our capacities, and sphere of peTception and of action, may be much greater than at present. For as our relation to our external... | |
| Joseph Butler - Analogy (Religion) - 1870 - 372 pages
...believe the last, there will be, if that wor« possible, ms for tne next, and less still for the first. things, put us into a higher and more enlarged state...which our capacities, and sphere of perception and of action, may be much greater than at present. For as our relation to our external organs of sense,... | |
| Robert Dale Owen - Apparitions - 1871 - 468 pages
...beginning anew, but going on. . . . For aught we know of ourselves, of our present life and death, death may immediately, in the natural course of things,...which our capacities and sphere of perception and of action, may be much greater than at present. " — Analogy of Jieligion, Part 1, chap, i. pp. 33,... | |
| Joseph Butler - Analogy (Religion) - 1872 - 386 pages
...and such great alterations. Nay, for ought we know of ourselves, of our present life, wid of death, death may immediately, in the natural course of things,...and more enlarged state of life, as our birth does ; ja state in which our capacities and sphere of perception, and of action, may be much greater than... | |
| J. Butler - 1873 - 364 pages
...last, there will be, if that weri possible* less for toe next, and less still for the first. tilings, put us Into a higher and more enlarged state of life,...which our capacities; and sphere of perception and of action, may be much greater than at present, For as our relation to our external organs of sense,... | |
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