...often do we contradict the right rules of reason in the whole course of our lives ? Reason_jtseins_true and just, but the reason of every particular man Is" weaK and wavering, pcrpetuJHy j>^!£<L.arKl_ turned by his interestsT his passions, and his vices^ Let any man but consider,...

...conceive: how often do we contradict the right rules of reason " in the whole course of our lives? Season itself is true and "just, but the reason of every particular man is weak and waver" ing, perpetually swayed and turned by his interests, his pas" sions, and his vices."* If, as...

...his authority, than from the dictates of reason or selfishness. " Reason itself," as Swift says, " is true and just ; but the reason of every particular man, is weak and wavering, perj№tually swayed and turned by his interests, Lis passions, and his vices." In answer, therefore,...

...people would not lay so much weight on their own reason in matters of religion, as to think every thing impossible and absurd, which they cannot conceive....passions, and his vices. Let any man but consider, when he bath a controversy with another, though his cause be ever so unjust, though the whole world be against...

...matters of religion, as to think every thing impossible and absurd which they cannot conceive : now often do we contradict the right rules of reason in...turned by his interests, his passions, and his vices. Swift. A law may be reamnabie in itself, although a man does not allow it, or does not know the reason...

...would not lay so much weight on their own reatan in matters of religion, аз to think every thing impossible and absurd which they cannot conceive :...turned by his interests, his passions, and his vices. Sarift. A law may be reatonable in itself, although a man does not allow it, or does not know the reason...

...eternal ; for ' now,' as the Apostle says, ' we " see through a glass darkly, but then face to face.' Reason itself " is true and just ; but the reason...particular man is weak " and wavering, perpetually swayed or turned by his interests, his "passions, or his vices." — (Swift't Sermon on the Trinity; Works,...

...eternal; for 'now,' as the Apostle says, 'we " see through a glass darkly, but then face to face.' Reason itself " is true and just ; but the reason...particular man is weak " and wavering, perpetually swayed or turned by his interests, his " passions, or his vices." — (Swift's Sermon on the Trinity; Works,...

...Bush's Argument from Reason cannot be safely relied on. Reason itself, as Swift correctly remarks,* " is true and just ; but the reason of every particular man is weak and » See his Sermon on the Trinity, Works, Vol. II. wavering, and is perpetually liable to be swayed...

...true despot. Л' я Ar/. Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth. Warburton. E Swift, Reason lies between bridle and spur. //. Pr, 40 Reason, looking upwards, and carried to the...