...they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time. There is a third silent party to all our bargains. The nature and soul of things takes upon itself...

...be true — that is, cannot coexist in nature," — in a propositive form, that it is impossible for a thing to be and not to be at the same time. And, how does he know this impossibility ? Only, we presume, because he cannot conceive a thing to...

...itself absolutely impossible, but what implies a contradiction ; and though it be contradictious for a thing to be, and not to be, at the same time ; yet is there no manner of contradiction at all in this, for any imperfect contingent being, which...

...itself absolutely impossible, but what implies a contradiction ; and though it be contradictious for a thing to be, and not to be, at the same time ; yet is there no manner of contradiction at all in this, for any imperfect contingent being, which...

...any particular place — cannot change. He can create innumerable worlds with a word, but cannot make a thing to be and not to be at the same time. He might change a mouse into an elephant ; but then the elephant so formed would not be a mouse. When...

...reverence, that there is no power in heaven or earth to make a possibility of an impossibility ; or to make a thing to be and not to be at the same time ; or make that truth which is of itself a lie. Now every violation of the moral law is a spiritual...

...they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time. There is a third silent party to all our bargains. The nature and soul of things takes on itself the...

...imperfection in his power. He cannot do what involves a contradiction ; for instance, he cannot make a thing to be, and not to be, at the same time; he cannot do what is repugnant to his nature, or his essential perfections; he cannot deny himself,...

...the decision of common sense that to create something out of nothing, is as impossible as to cause a thing to be and not to be at the same time. It is no disparagement of the power of God to say that he cannot make something out of nothing ; for...

...was the fashion of old, it is known there are some things impossible even to him. He cannot ordain a thing to be and not to be at the same time. It is reasonable to suppose, that he could not, without permitting pain and evil to a certain extent,...