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 2University Press, 1836 - 542 pages |
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Page 26
... clear that there could be no pre- existent matter which was uncreated , then it will neces- sarily follow that creation must be taken in its proper And in this sense it is evident , that not only Jews and Christians , but even the ...
... clear that there could be no pre- existent matter which was uncreated , then it will neces- sarily follow that creation must be taken in its proper And in this sense it is evident , that not only Jews and Christians , but even the ...
Page 38
... clear , ampliandum est : so Epicurus would have the object represented every way it could be before he passed his judgment ; yet this prudent caution would do him no good for this hypo- thesis , unless he were so wise as to stay till ...
... clear , ampliandum est : so Epicurus would have the object represented every way it could be before he passed his judgment ; yet this prudent caution would do him no good for this hypo- thesis , unless he were so wise as to stay till ...
Page 70
... clear , but there are two grand objections behind , which have been the continual exercise of the wits of inquisi- tive men almost in all ages of the world . The one concerns the first origin of evil ; the other concerns the ...
... clear , but there are two grand objections behind , which have been the continual exercise of the wits of inquisi- tive men almost in all ages of the world . The one concerns the first origin of evil ; the other concerns the ...
Page 72
... clear and rational as this is . 4. That the most material circumstances of this account are attested by the heathens themselves . 1. That if the Scriptures be true , God cannot be the author of sin . For if the Scriptures be true , we ...
... clear and rational as this is . 4. That the most material circumstances of this account are attested by the heathens themselves . 1. That if the Scriptures be true , God cannot be the author of sin . For if the Scriptures be true , we ...
Page 86
... clear to them , that the avτežoú- σ they were wont to extol so high , was ( in the state man was now in ) but a more noble name for slavery ; when themselves could not but confess the porn , or in- clination in the soul , was so strong ...
... clear to them , that the avτežoú- σ they were wont to extol so high , was ( in the state man was now in ) but a more noble name for slavery ; when themselves could not but confess the porn , or in- clination in the soul , was so strong ...
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