Origines Sacrae Or a Rational Account of the Grounds of Natural and Revealed Religion: To which is Added Part of Another Book Upon the Same Subject, Left Unfinished by the Author : Together with a Letter to a Deist, Volume 1 |
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Page iv
... give it no better enter- tainment . It may justly seem strange , that true religion , which contains nothing in it but what is truly noble and ge- nerous , most rational and pleasing to the spirits of all good men , should yet suffer so ...
... give it no better enter- tainment . It may justly seem strange , that true religion , which contains nothing in it but what is truly noble and ge- nerous , most rational and pleasing to the spirits of all good men , should yet suffer so ...
Page xi
... The intendment therefore of this Preface , is only to give a brief account of the scope , design , and method of the following books , although the view of the contents of the chapters might sufficiently acquaint thee with.
... The intendment therefore of this Preface , is only to give a brief account of the scope , design , and method of the following books , although the view of the contents of the chapters might sufficiently acquaint thee with.
Page xii
... , supposing it sufficient to give a clear account of things , without particular cita- tion of authors , where it was not of great concernment for understanding the thing itself . In the second book xii PREFACE TO THE READER .
... , supposing it sufficient to give a clear account of things , without particular cita- tion of authors , where it was not of great concernment for understanding the thing itself . In the second book xii PREFACE TO THE READER .
Page xiii
... give a rational account of the grounds , why we are to believe those several persons , who in several ages were employed to reveal the mind of God to the world ; and with greater particularity than hath yet been used , I have insisted ...
... give a rational account of the grounds , why we are to believe those several persons , who in several ages were employed to reveal the mind of God to the world ; and with greater particularity than hath yet been used , I have insisted ...
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... give the least account of its own age . This is evidently the case of those who make the pretence of ancient history a plea for infi- delity , and think no argument more plausible to im- pugn the certainty of Divine revelation , than ...
... give the least account of its own age . This is evidently the case of those who make the pretence of ancient history a plea for infi- delity , and think no argument more plausible to im- pugn the certainty of Divine revelation , than ...
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