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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Having thus made it appear what a consent there was between the ancient tradition of the world , and the writings of Moses , concerning the origin of the world , I now come to consider upon what pretence of reason this tradition came to ...
Having thus made it appear what a consent there was between the ancient tradition of the world , and the writings of Moses , concerning the origin of the world , I now come to consider upon what pretence of reason this tradition came to ...
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And we shall see what great reason there is for this opinion , when we consider what weak and infirm foundations the contrary is built upon . For all the arguments which either Ocellus , or Aristotle , or the modern Platonists make use ...
And we shall see what great reason there is for this opinion , when we consider what weak and infirm foundations the contrary is built upon . For all the arguments which either Ocellus , or Aristotle , or the modern Platonists make use ...
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If this opinion then be true , the history of the creation quite falls to the ground ; on which account we are obliged more particularly to consider the reason of it . The hypothesis then of Epicurus is , that before the world was ...
If this opinion then be true , the history of the creation quite falls to the ground ; on which account we are obliged more particularly to consider the reason of it . The hypothesis then of Epicurus is , that before the world was ...
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And so we come to consider the hypothesis itself , whether it be rational or no , or consistent with the catholic laws of nature which appear in the world . Two things I shall here inquire into , which are the main principles of ...
And so we come to consider the hypothesis itself , whether it be rational or no , or consistent with the catholic laws of nature which appear in the world . Two things I shall here inquire into , which are the main principles of ...
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... to that end by persons atheistically disposed , because of his ascribing so much to the power of matter , we shall therefore so far consider it , as it undertakes to give an account of the origin of the universe without a Deity .
... to that end by persons atheistically disposed , because of his ascribing so much to the power of matter , we shall therefore so far consider it , as it undertakes to give an account of the origin of the universe without a Deity .
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