The dignity of human nature, or, A brief account of the certain and established means for attaining the true end of our existence:

in four books

Printed for Evert Duyckinck [by] James Oram, 1812 - Conduct of life - 527 pages

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That however the natural consequences of Actions are in general	268

Various Instructions for this purpose presented to us by Nature	274

Difficulties in the Divine Lconoiny of the moral World aitempted	280

Difficulties to be expected and even to be looked upon as a Beauty	288

That our Species and all rational Agents in order to their perform	290

Necessity of Selfknowledge and of Selfreverence	298

Of Ambition or Desire of Praise	304

Of the Appetites of Hunger and Thirst the Use and Abuse of them	312

SECTION VII	82

Of the bodily Infirmities of Children	94

Of settling Children of both Sexes in Life	100

Two Hundred Miscellaneous Directions on Prudence in Actios	129

SECTION I	139

SECTION II	149

SECTION III	156

Of Writing and Arithmetic and proper Books	159

Of Manly Studies or those improvements which a Gentleman must carry	165

Of Ecclesiastical History and proper Books	173

Of Ethics and proper Books	179

Of the Newtonian Philosophy	185

Of Latin Authors proper to be read from the beginning to twelve Years	193

Ginlins against the common Errors in Study and first Of Overreading	201

BOOK III	218

Ortaintv attainable by Sensation Intuition Deduction Testimony	225

SECTION I	231

The first Ciuw not to be considered as made up of his several Attributes	237

MipriiiKsi its Foundation	243

Necessary in order to understand wherein the Concurrence of the Human Species with the Universal Scheme consists to consider	248

Presumptions in Favour of the Opinion of the Immortality of the Soul	254

The most elevated Mind has the best Assurances of its own Immortatity	262

The animal irrational Natures how brought to perform their Part	266

Of the Love of Sleep and Indulgenceof Diversionsand of Finery	322

Of Justice and Injustice with respect to our Neighbours propertyto his Reputationto his Personand to his Soul	328

Of social Duties and first Of the Love of our Country	338

Reciprocal Duties of Parents and Childrenof Spiritual Pastors	345

Of Ms Kight to our Obedience and Adoration	352

Of the Duty of Prayer and Objections answered	366

Of FxnrHv Religion	372

SECTION IX	378

Tbt there is nothing absurd or incredible ui supposing ihat a	398

The Hottentots and other barbarous Nations the onj feir Examples of	404

Of its being unworthy of the Divine Wisdom to have Recourse to	410

Difficulties no objection though direct Absurdities and Contradictions are	416

Thoughts on theExtent ofthe Prospect opened by Revelation	422

MactMS on the Whole	436

SECTION III	443

Of the general DcJuge	452

Of the Efficacy of his Death for the Restoration of Mankind	459

Tesiimonies of Heaihen Writers which countenance Scripture	465

Of the Scripture Miracles	473

OJ Prophecy	482

a view ufsotse ofthe most unquestionable Predictions of Holy Scripture	496

The Character and Conduct or Chrut himself considered more particularly	507

CONCLUSION	516

Title	The dignity of human nature, or, A brief account of the certain and established means for attaining the true end of our existence: in four books The Dignity of Human Nature: Or, a Brief Account of the Certain and Established Means for Attaining the True End of Our Existence. In Four Books, James Burgh Issue 24992 of Early American imprints
Author	James Burgh
Edition	3, reprint
Publisher	Printed for Evert Duyckinck [by] James Oram, 1812
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	Dec 9, 2005
Length	527 pages
Subjects	Conduct of life Ethics

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