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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And as to this particular of the possibility of another way of production , besides that of generation , he proves it from Aristotle's own opinion , from the equal necessity of the existence of matter , as of Just . Mart . God .
And as to this particular of the possibility of another way of production , besides that of generation , he proves it from Aristotle's own opinion , from the equal necessity of the existence of matter , as of Just . Mart . God .
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... man must be made as happy as he was capable of being , not only upon his first 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 .
... man must be made as happy as he was capable of being , not only upon his first 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 .
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... without regard had to the determinations of his will , as to the existence of things in the world . It cannot certainly then be an argument of any great force with any candid inquirers after truth and reason , which hath been lately ...
... without regard had to the determinations of his will , as to the existence of things in the world . It cannot certainly then be an argument of any great force with any candid inquirers after truth and reason , which hath been lately ...
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Now if such a power in God implies no contradiction in itself , I say , the asserting the necessary existence of matter implies a contradiction to this power . For , 1. A power to produce something out of nothing would be to no purpose ...
Now if such a power in God implies no contradiction in itself , I say , the asserting the necessary existence of matter implies a contradiction to this power . For , 1. A power to produce something out of nothing would be to no purpose ...
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But I have already shewed that necessary existence implies other perfections going along with it ; which is likewise thus proved by Tertullian in answer to Hermogenes . The reason of the imperfections which are to be seen in any ...
But I have already shewed that necessary existence implies other perfections going along with it ; which is likewise thus proved by Tertullian in answer to Hermogenes . The reason of the imperfections which are to be seen in any ...
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