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" Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why, then, should we desire to be deceived? "
The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Butler: To which is ... - Page 91
by Joseph Butler, Samuel Hallifax - 1838 - 303 pages
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The Works of Joseph Butler ...: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author ...

Joseph Butler - 1813 - 790 pages
...and partly from an apprehension, that this inward sense shall, one time or another, be seconded by an higher judgment, upon which our whole being depends....to lay these things plainly and honestly before our mind, and upon this, act as you please, as you think most fit; make that choice, and prefer that course...
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Sermons

Joseph Butler - 1827 - 376 pages
...alteration at all in the nature of our case. Things and actions are what they are, and the conse10 quences of them will be what they will be : why then should...to lay these things plainly and honestly before our mind, and upon this, act as you please, as you think most fit ; make that choice, and prefer that course...
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The whole works of Joseph Butler

Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1838 - 616 pages
...and makes no alteration at all in the nature of our case. Things and actions are what they are, ana the consequences of them will be what they will be:...to lay these things plainly and honestly before our mind, and upon this, act as you please, as you think most fit; make that choice, and prefer that course...
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The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Butler, D.C.L., Late ...

Joseph Butler, Samuel Halifax - 1844 - 406 pages
...and partly from an apprehension, that this inward sense shall one time or another be seconded by an higher judgment, upon which our whole being depends....to lay these things plainly and honestly before our mind, and upon this, act as you please, as you think most fit ; make that choice, and prefer that course...
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The Young Woman's Guide to Excellence

William Andrus Alcott - 1847 - 510 pages
...one has done, one has done, and there's an end of it. As a great prelate unforgettably said, "Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be. Why, then, attempt to deceive ourselves " — that remorse for wickedness is a useful and praiseworthy exercise?...
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The Works of ... Joseph Butler ... to which is Prefixed: An Account of the ...

Joseph Butler, Samuel Hallifax - 1848 - 632 pages
...one and the same, and makes no alteration at all in the nature of our case. Things and actions arc what they are, and the consequences of them will be...to lay these things plainly and honestly before our mind, and upon this, act as you please, as you think most fit ; make that choice, and prefer that course...
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Notes and Queries

1916 - 688 pages
...from Î Can the exact date of his death in 1678 be ascertained ! GFRB REFERENCE WANTED. — " Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be ; why therefore should we wish to be deceived Î " Can any one give me chapter and verse for this trite and...
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The Whole Works of Joseph Butler, Volumes 1-2

Joseph Butler - 1850 - 682 pages
...having done evil, and, partly, from an apprehension, that this inward sense shall, one time or other, be seconded by a higher judgment, upon which our whole...to lay these things plainly and honestly before our mind, and upon this, act as you please, as you think most fit ; make that choice, and prefer that course...
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The analogy of religion, to the constitution and course of nature: also ...

Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1856 - 584 pages
...our case. Things and actions are what the? are, and the consequences of them will be what they *i" be : why then should we desire to be deceived ? As we are " [' Analogy,' pt. i. chap. iii. p. 61.] reasonable creatures, and have any regard to ourselves, we...
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The sermons and remains of ... Joseph Butler, ed. by E. Steere, Issue 153

Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1862 - 574 pages
...shall one time or another be seconded by a higher judgment, upon which our whole being depends. [26] Now to suspend and drown this sense and these apprehensions,...to lay these things plainly and honestly before our mind, and upon this, act as you please, as you think most fit ; make that choice, and prefer that course...
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