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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... greater knowledge of many mysterious things in natural philosophy , and as to the origin of the universe , than any of the home- bred philosophers of Greece , or it may be , than any Hierogl . tom . iii . III . BOOK one of the nations ...
... greater knowledge of many mysterious things in natural philosophy , and as to the origin of the universe , than any of the home- bred philosophers of Greece , or it may be , than any Hierogl . tom . iii . III . BOOK one of the nations ...
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... greater , and from worse to better ; and this is called generation , and the height of this muta- tion , perfection . The other begins from better to worse , and from bigger to less ; and the conclusion of this is corruption and ...
... greater , and from worse to better ; and this is called generation , and the height of this muta- tion , perfection . The other begins from better to worse , and from bigger to less ; and the conclusion of this is corruption and ...
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... if God and matter have it both , they can never have power upon each other , or without themselves ; which is a far greater absurdity than the mere asserting a Ep . II . power to produce something out of nothing , 20 ORIGINES SACRE .
... if God and matter have it both , they can never have power upon each other , or without themselves ; which is a far greater absurdity than the mere asserting a Ep . II . power to produce something out of nothing , 20 ORIGINES SACRE .
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... greater ; we assert , that it was the communication of this Divine good- ness , which gave being to the world ; but withal we acknowledge God to be an agent infinitely wise and free , who dispenseth this goodness of his in such a way ...
... greater ; we assert , that it was the communication of this Divine good- ness , which gave being to the world ; but withal we acknowledge God to be an agent infinitely wise and free , who dispenseth this goodness of his in such a way ...
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... greater mythology . That man's body was formed out of the earth , we believe , because we have reason so to do ; but that the earth should cast forth such folliculi , as he expresseth it , and that men should be brought up in such a way ...
... greater mythology . That man's body was formed out of the earth , we believe , because we have reason so to do ; but that the earth should cast forth such folliculi , as he expresseth it , and that men should be brought up in such a way ...
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