 | William Paley - 1823 - 382 pages
...to be effected, it is not by making a new law, nor by the suspension of the old ones, nor by makijig them wind, and bend, and yield to the occasion (for...these laws, and suited to the exigency which results ftom them, that the purpose is at length attained. As we have said, therefore, God prescribes limits... | |
 | William Paley - 1831 - 624 pages
...bend, and yield to the occasion (for nature with great steadiness adheres to and supports them ;) out ut, wanting nothing, regretting nothing, they are...him ; whereas to the labourer, every interruption prescrilws limits to his power that he may let in the exercise, and thereby exhibit demonstrations... | |
 | 1836 - 686 pages
...the Omnipotent would for their sakes reverse his eternal laws. The passage in question runs thus. " God has been pleased to prescribe limits to his own...from them, that the purpose is at length attained." 16. That the Creator of such forces as attraction, electricity, magnetism, and life, could alter or... | |
 | Alphonso William Webster - 1836 - 172 pages
...yield to the occasion (for Nature, with great steadiness, adheres to and supports them) ; but it is by the interposition of an apparatus corresponding...from them, that the purpose is at length attained."* Before I close this chapter I must be permitted to advert to what I can only designate as the unreasonable... | |
 | 1836 - 300 pages
...and yield to the occasion ; but it is by the interposition of an apparatus corresponding with those laws, and suited to the exigency which results from them, that the purpose is at length attained." In the instance before us, the attainment of the particular purpose of organic life is effected, not... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1836 - 572 pages
...and yield to the occasion ; but it is by the interposition of an apparatus corresponding with those laws, and suited to the exigency which results from them, that the purpose is at length attained." In the instance before us, the attainment of the particular purpose of organic life is effected, not... | |
 | William Paley - 1839 - 398 pages
...steadiness, adheres to and supports them ;) but it is, as we have seen in the eye, by the interposition of apparatus, corresponding with these laws, and suited...prescribes limits to his power, that He may let in the 10* exercise and thereby exhibit demonstrations of his wisdom. For then, ie, such laws and limitations... | |
 | William Paley - 1843 - 400 pages
...in the eye, by the interposition of an apparatus corresponding with these laws, and suittd to tire exigency which results from them, that the purpose...therefore, God prescribes limits to his power, that be may let in the exercise, and thereby exhibit demonstrations of his wisdom. For then, ie such laws... | |
 | 1836 - 634 pages
...God has been pleased to prescribe limits to his own power, and to work hi» ends within those limks. The general laws of matter have perhaps the nature...from them, that the purpose is at length attained." 16. That the Creator of such forces as attraction, electricity, magnetism, and life, could alter or... | |
 | Francis Bowen - 1849 - 500 pages
...suspension of the old ones, nor by making them wind, and bend, and yield to the occasion ; but it is by the interposition of an apparatus corresponding...from them, that the purpose is at length attained." That final causes, or the purposes for which numberless arrangements and adaptations were made, can... | |
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These are general laws; and when a particular purpose is to be effected, it is not by making a new law, nor by the suspension of the old ones, nor by making them wind, and bend, and yield to the occasion ; (for nature with great steadiness adheres to... 
