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 2 |
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Page 90
... which is subject to many varieties , irregularities , and changes . For if nothing
be without a cause , and good cannot be the cause of evil , it necessarily follows ,
that as there is a peculiar nature and principle which is the cause of good ...
... which is subject to many varieties , irregularities , and changes . For if nothing
be without a cause , and good cannot be the cause of evil , it necessarily follows ,
that as there is a peculiar nature and principle which is the cause of good ...
Page 189
An inquiry into the cause of that . Difficulties against the common opinion that
languages were confounded at Babel . IV . Those difficulties cleared . V . Of the
fabulousness of poets . The particular ways whereby the heathen mythology
arose .
An inquiry into the cause of that . Difficulties against the common opinion that
languages were confounded at Babel . IV . Those difficulties cleared . V . Of the
fabulousness of poets . The particular ways whereby the heathen mythology
arose .
Page 362
There can be no dispute about the fragment of the Book of Law , where his
opinion is plain and clear , that God is the cause of all , and that the first Cause is
a wise and intelligent Being . Let us now compare this with the doctrine of this
book ...
There can be no dispute about the fragment of the Book of Law , where his
opinion is plain and clear , that God is the cause of all , and that the first Cause is
a wise and intelligent Being . Let us now compare this with the doctrine of this
book ...
Page 367
And first , saith he , it is peculiar to the nature of CHAP . man to be inquisitive into
causes of the events they see , _ ' some ... the nature and reason of things which
they see in the world ; and this we say leads men to a first cause , which is God .
And first , saith he , it is peculiar to the nature of CHAP . man to be inquisitive into
causes of the events they see , _ ' some ... the nature and reason of things which
they see in the world ; and this we say leads men to a first cause , which is God .
Page 369
For , as he goes on , he that , from any effect he sees come to pass , should
reason to the next and immediate cause thereof , and from thence to the cause of
that cause , and plunge himself profoundly - Bb a STILLINGFLEET , VOL . II . 1 .
For , as he goes on , he that , from any effect he sees come to pass , should
reason to the next and immediate cause thereof , and from thence to the cause of
that cause , and plunge himself profoundly - Bb a STILLINGFLEET , VOL . II . 1 .
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| Title | 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 2 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, Edward Stillingfleet |
| Author | Edward Stillingfleet |
| Publisher | University Press, 1836 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 17 Dec 2009 |
| Length | 542 pages |
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