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And congruously herunto, if I shew that the grounds upon which men are perswaded that there are Elements are unable to satisfie a considering man, I suppose my doubts will appear rational.

From The Sceptical Chymist or Chymico-Physical Doubts & Paradoxes, Touching the Spagyrist's Principles Commonly call'd Hypostatical; As they are wont to be Propos'd and Defended by the Generality of Alchymists. Whereunto is præmis'd Part of another Discourse relating to the same Subject. by Boyle, Robert

I answer that, No one can merit for himself restoration after a future fall, either condignly or congruously.

From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

For a philosophy to succeed on a universal scale it must define the future congruously with our spontaneous powers.

From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William

His fine whole voice should have been congruously cracked.

From A Passionate Pilgrim by James, Henry

Both our personal ideals and our religious and mystical experiences must be interpreted congruously with the kind of scenery which our thinking mind inhabits.

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William