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 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 in the world but to set the great wheel of the heavens going .
... 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 in the world but to set the great wheel of the heavens going .
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... because if the first matter were generated , it must be generated of other matter , and so in infinitum ; and so he argues from the nature of the heavens , that they are not capable of generation and corruption as other bodies are .
... because if the first matter were generated , it must be generated of other matter , and so in infinitum ; and so he argues from the nature of the heavens , that they are not capable of generation and corruption as other bodies are .
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And therefore by the heavens he understands incorpoream naturam , and by earth , ŭan , or the primogenial matter . And this , saith he , appears by the following words , The earth was invisible , and without form ; i . e . this ...
And therefore by the heavens he understands incorpoream naturam , and by earth , ŭan , or the primogenial matter . And this , saith he , appears by the following words , The earth was invisible , and without form ; i . e . this ...
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... a level superficies to the heavens , and so to all that immense space of the universe ; so that all those heavy bodies which should fall downwards in any parts of the widest distance on the earth , as in Europe , Asia , and Africa ...
... a level superficies to the heavens , and so to all that immense space of the universe ; so that all those heavy bodies which should fall downwards in any parts of the widest distance on the earth , as in Europe , Asia , and Africa ...
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... are somewhat long , and the globular particles , through which they pass with so swift motion , have their rotation . about the poles of the heavens , thence he supposes that those triangular particles come to be wreathed .
... are somewhat long , and the globular particles , through which they pass with so swift motion , have their rotation . about the poles of the heavens , thence he supposes that those triangular particles come to be wreathed .
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| Title | 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 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, Edward Stillingfleet |
| Author | Edward Stillingfleet |
| Publisher | University Press, 1836 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 17 Dec 2009 |
| Length | 542 pages |
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