An Essay On Man In Four Epistles
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: 2004?
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781419106415
Subjects: Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis; Bibles; Religion; Biblical Studies - General; Religion / Bible / General; Religion - Biblical Studies; Bible - Study - General
First sentence: HAVING proposed to write some pieces on human life and manners, such as (to use my lord Bacon's expression) came home to men's business and bosoms, I thought it more satisfactory to begin with considering Man in the abstract, his nature and his state; since, to prove any moral duty, to enforce any moral precept, or to examine the perfection or imperfection of any creature whatsoever, it is necessary first to know what condition and relation it is placed in, and what is the proper end and purpose of its being.