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 xi
... imagine them to be . And how contra- dictious is it for such persons to be ambitious of being cried up for wit and reason , whose design is to degrade the rational soul so far below herself , as to make her become like the beasts that ...
... imagine them to be . And how contra- dictious is it for such persons to be ambitious of being cried up for wit and reason , whose design is to degrade the rational soul so far below herself , as to make her become like the beasts that ...
Page 19
... imagine can be given , where there was no way of preserving to posterity the most authentic relation of former ages ? Especially , it being most evident , that where any certain way of preserving tradition is wanting , a people must ...
... imagine can be given , where there was no way of preserving to posterity the most authentic relation of former ages ? Especially , it being most evident , that where any certain way of preserving tradition is wanting , a people must ...
Page 39
... imagine a strange low- ness of spirit in those , who could fall down and wor- ship the basest and most contemptible of creatures ? Their temples were the best hieroglyphics of them- selves ; fair and goodly structures without , but ...
... imagine a strange low- ness of spirit in those , who could fall down and wor- ship the basest and most contemptible of creatures ? Their temples were the best hieroglyphics of them- selves ; fair and goodly structures without , but ...
Page 67
... imagine that the report of the account of an- CHAP . cient times in the Scriptures was sufficiently divulged before the publishing of this history of Berosus ; and , it may be , Berosus might somewhat sooner than others understand all ...
... imagine that the report of the account of an- CHAP . cient times in the Scriptures was sufficiently divulged before the publishing of this history of Berosus ; and , it may be , Berosus might somewhat sooner than others understand all ...
Page 95
... imagine that Alo- rus , and the ten kings from him to Xisuthrus , should reign 120 Sari , as their computation is ; which , reckon- ing for every Saros 3600 years , makes up 432,000 years ? A very fair sum for the Chaldæan dynasties ...
... imagine that Alo- rus , and the ten kings from him to Xisuthrus , should reign 120 Sari , as their computation is ; which , reckon- ing for every Saros 3600 years , makes up 432,000 years ? A very fair sum for the Chaldæan dynasties ...
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