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 20
... existence of matter , as of Just . Mart . God . For , saith he , if God can produce any thing out of matter , which is as necessarily existent as him- self , he may produce something out of nothing ; for the same repugnancy that there ...
... existence of matter , as of Just . Mart . God . For , saith he , if God can produce any thing out of matter , which is as necessarily existent as him- self , he may produce something out of nothing ; for the same repugnancy that there ...
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... existence in the world , but as long as it should continue , by mere necessity of nature , without any intervention of the will or actions of men . And so there could be no such difference as that of good and bad men in the world ; for ...
... existence in the world , but as long as it should continue , by mere necessity of nature , without any intervention of the will or actions of men . And so there could be no such difference as that of good and bad men in the world ; for ...
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... existence of things in the world . It cannot certainly then be an argument of any great force with any can- did inquirers after truth and reason , which hath been lately pleaded in the behalf of that Pythagorean hy- pothesis of the ...
... existence of things in the world . It cannot certainly then be an argument of any great force with any can- did inquirers after truth and reason , which hath been lately pleaded in the behalf of that Pythagorean hy- pothesis of the ...
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... existence of matter . 2. If matter be unproduced , then necessary exist- ence must belong to it as well as to God ; and if ne- cessary existence belongs to matter , infinite power must belong to it too ; for whatever necessarily exists ...
... existence of matter . 2. If matter be unproduced , then necessary exist- ence must belong to it as well as to God ; and if ne- cessary existence belongs to matter , infinite power must belong to it too ; for whatever necessarily exists ...
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... existence be of the nature of matter , all other perfections must belong to it too : and so there can be no superiority and inferiority between God and matter , because on both sides there will be necessary existence . Divinitas gradum ...
... existence be of the nature of matter , all other perfections must belong to it too : and so there can be no superiority and inferiority between God and matter , because on both sides there will be necessary existence . Divinitas gradum ...
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