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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For if the world did of necessity exist , then God is no free agent ; and if so , then all instituted religion is to no purpose : nor can there be any expectation of reward , or fear of punishment , from him who hath nothing else to do ...
For if the world did of necessity exist , then God is no free agent ; and if so , then all instituted religion is to no purpose : nor can there be any expectation of reward , or fear of punishment , from him who hath nothing else to do ...
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Nogarola hath in part manifested in his notes on Ocellus ; although Aristotle had not the ingenuity of Pliny , agnoscere per quos profecerit . From Aristotle this opinion , together with his name , spread itII . self much further ...
Nogarola hath in part manifested in his notes on Ocellus ; although Aristotle had not the ingenuity of Pliny , agnoscere per quos profecerit . From Aristotle this opinion , together with his name , spread itII . self much further ...
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arose that strong presumption among them , which CHAP . hath been so taken for granted , that it hath been looked on as a common notion of human nature , viz . ex nihilo nihil fit , which was the main argument used Vid .
arose that strong presumption among them , which CHAP . hath been so taken for granted , that it hath been looked on as a common notion of human nature , viz . ex nihilo nihil fit , which was the main argument used Vid .
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Every thing that comes into being , and is subject to dissolution , hath two observable mutations in it : the one is whereby it grows from less to greater , and from worse to better ; and this is called generation , and the height of ...
Every thing that comes into being , and is subject to dissolution , hath two observable mutations in it : the one is whereby it grows from less to greater , and from worse to better ; and this is called generation , and the height of ...
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II . thence it would sensibly decay till it came to dissolu- CHAP . tion : but nobody hath ever observed such a mutation in the world , neither is there any appearance of it ; αλλ ' αεί κατά τ ' αυτό και ωσαύτως διατελεί και ίσον όμοιον ...
II . thence it would sensibly decay till it came to dissolu- CHAP . tion : but nobody hath ever observed such a mutation in the world , neither is there any appearance of it ; αλλ ' αεί κατά τ ' αυτό και ωσαύτως διατελεί και ίσον όμοιον ...
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