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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... impossible there should be so much wit and subtlety in the souls of men , were they not of a more excellent na- ture than they imagine them to be . And how contra- dictious is it for such persons to be ambitious of being cried up for ...
... impossible there should be so much wit and subtlety in the souls of men , were they not of a more excellent na- ture than they imagine them to be . And how contra- dictious is it for such persons to be ambitious of being cried up for ...
Page 49
... of the stars for 470,000 years . It had been impossible for them to have been so extravagant in STILLINGFLEET , VOL . I. E Biblioth . Divin . l . ii . c . 97 . BOOK their accounts of themselves , had they but preserved ORIGINES SACRÆ . 49.
... of the stars for 470,000 years . It had been impossible for them to have been so extravagant in STILLINGFLEET , VOL . I. E Biblioth . Divin . l . ii . c . 97 . BOOK their accounts of themselves , had they but preserved ORIGINES SACRÆ . 49.
Page 77
... impossible ? But now , if we look into the ancient Greek historians , we need no other testimony than themselves to take away their credibility . The Genealogies of Hesiod are corrected by Acusilaus ; Acusilaus is condemned by ...
... impossible ? But now , if we look into the ancient Greek historians , we need no other testimony than themselves to take away their credibility . The Genealogies of Hesiod are corrected by Acusilaus ; Acusilaus is condemned by ...
Page 78
... impossible to find out any undoubted certainty of an- cient times among the Greek historians ; which will be yet more evident when we add this , that there are very few extant of those historians , who did carry the greatest name for ...
... impossible to find out any undoubted certainty of an- cient times among the Greek historians ; which will be yet more evident when we add this , that there are very few extant of those historians , who did carry the greatest name for ...
Page 99
... impossible they c . 33 . should so much differ ; but they labour in the inven- tion of lies , and write neither agreeably to the truth , nor to one another . So that it is next to a miracle almost to see how prodigiously fond of these ...
... impossible they c . 33 . should so much differ ; but they labour in the inven- tion of lies , and write neither agreeably to the truth , nor to one another . So that it is next to a miracle almost to see how prodigiously fond of these ...
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