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 iii
... matter contained in it , you will not think it beneath your favour , and un- worthy your protection . For if truth be the greatest present which God could bestow , or man receive , ( ac- cording to that of Plutarch , Ὡς οὐθὲν ἀνθρώπῳ ...
... matter contained in it , you will not think it beneath your favour , and un- worthy your protection . For if truth be the greatest present which God could bestow , or man receive , ( ac- cording to that of Plutarch , Ὡς οὐθὲν ἀνθρώπῳ ...
Page vi
... matter not what rubbish there lies with- in . The utmost of their ambition is to attain enerva- tam felicitatem qua permadescunt animi , such a feli- city as evigorates the soul by too long steeping , it being the nature of all ...
... matter not what rubbish there lies with- in . The utmost of their ambition is to attain enerva- tam felicitatem qua permadescunt animi , such a feli- city as evigorates the soul by too long steeping , it being the nature of all ...
Page vii
... matter of great pity to consider that any persons , whose birth and education hath raised them above the common people of the world , should be so far their own enemies , as to observe the fashion more than the rules of religion , and ...
... matter of great pity to consider that any persons , whose birth and education hath raised them above the common people of the world , should be so far their own enemies , as to observe the fashion more than the rules of religion , and ...
Page xi
... matter of judgment to disbelieve the Scriptures , and a piece of wit to dispute themselves out of the pos- sibility of being happy in another world . When yet the more acute and subtle their arguments are , the greater their strength is ...
... matter of judgment to disbelieve the Scriptures , and a piece of wit to dispute themselves out of the pos- sibility of being happy in another world . When yet the more acute and subtle their arguments are , the greater their strength is ...
Page xvi
... matter of history . X. The time of Berosus inquired into ; his writing contemporary with Philadelphus .. 49 . CHAP . IV . THE DEFECT OF THE GRECIAN HISTORY . I. That manifested by three evident arguments of it . ( 1. ) The fabu ...
... matter of history . X. The time of Berosus inquired into ; his writing contemporary with Philadelphus .. 49 . CHAP . IV . THE DEFECT OF THE GRECIAN HISTORY . I. That manifested by three evident arguments of it . ( 1. ) The fabu ...
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