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 40
... imagine the parvitude of them ; but what is this to the proving the truth of the hypothesis ? Simi- litude can do no good , unless Epicurus had ever seen a world made so ; the only relief must be from compo- sition , and that will prove ...
... imagine the parvitude of them ; but what is this to the proving the truth of the hypothesis ? Simi- litude can do no good , unless Epicurus had ever seen a world made so ; the only relief must be from compo- sition , and that will prove ...
Page 52
... imagine that the par- ticles of matter , as they are in men , should be capable of sensation , memory , intellection , volition , & c . merely because of a different shape , size , and motion from what they have in a piece of wood , is ...
... imagine that the par- ticles of matter , as they are in men , should be capable of sensation , memory , intellection , volition , & c . merely because of a different shape , size , and motion from what they have in a piece of wood , is ...
Page 68
... imagine that a Being of in- finite knowledge should be ignorant of what is done in the world ? and of infinite power , should stand by and leave things to chance and fortune ? Which were at first contrived , and brought into being , by ...
... imagine that a Being of in- finite knowledge should be ignorant of what is done in the world ? and of infinite power , should stand by and leave things to chance and fortune ? Which were at first contrived , and brought into being , by ...
Page 73
... imagine that the Scriptures do in the least ascribe the origin of evil to God , or make him the author of sin ? Shall not the Judge of all the world do right ? Will a God of infi- nite justice , purity , and holiness , punish the sinner ...
... imagine that the Scriptures do in the least ascribe the origin of evil to God , or make him the author of sin ? Shall not the Judge of all the world do right ? Will a God of infi- nite justice , purity , and holiness , punish the sinner ...
Page 75
... imagine it should not extend to such a positive law ? Was it because the matter of this law seemed too low for God to command his creature ? But whatever the matter of the law was , obedience to God was the great end of it , which man ...
... imagine it should not extend to such a positive law ? Was it because the matter of this law seemed too low for God to command his creature ? But whatever the matter of the law was , obedience to God was the great end of it , which man ...
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