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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... tion , than the lightness and vanity ( not to say rudeness and debaucheries ) of those whom the world accounts the greatest gallants ? Is there nothing more graceful and pleasing in the sweetness , candour , and ingenuity of a truly ...
... tion , than the lightness and vanity ( not to say rudeness and debaucheries ) of those whom the world accounts the greatest gallants ? Is there nothing more graceful and pleasing in the sweetness , candour , and ingenuity of a truly ...
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... tion to it in the plain dress of the Scriptures , without the paint and set - offs which are added to it by the several contending parties of the Christian world . Were there more such noble spirits of religion in our age , atheism ...
... tion to it in the plain dress of the Scriptures , without the paint and set - offs which are added to it by the several contending parties of the Christian world . Were there more such noble spirits of religion in our age , atheism ...
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... 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 .
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... tion stated , where the true history of ancient times is to be found ? in heathen histories , or only in Scripture ? XVI . The want of credibility in heathen histories asserted and proved by the general defect for want of timely records ...
... tion stated , where the true history of ancient times is to be found ? in heathen histories , or only in Scripture ? XVI . The want of credibility in heathen histories asserted and proved by the general defect for want of timely records ...
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... common received notions of God , which they owned in opposi- tion to all heathen worship ; which I find not in the least pretended to by any of the forementioned per- I. sons , nor any thing of any different way 12 ORIGINES SACRE .
... common received notions of God , which they owned in opposi- tion to all heathen worship ; which I find not in the least pretended to by any of the forementioned per- I. sons , nor any thing of any different way 12 ORIGINES SACRE .
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