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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Page 40
... none of them reach our case ; for there can be no incursion of insensible particles as such upon our senses : we may indeed by proportion imagine the parvitude of them ; but what is this to the proving the truth of the hypothesis ?
... none of them reach our case ; for there can be no incursion of insensible particles as such upon our senses : we may indeed by proportion imagine the parvitude of them ; but what is this to the proving the truth of the hypothesis ?
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To imagine that the particles 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 ...
To imagine that the particles 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 ...
Page 68
For can we imagine that a Being of infinite 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 ...
For can we imagine that a Being of infinite 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 ...
Page 73
... his hatred of sin , and his appointing a day of judgment for the solemn punishment of sinners ) to imagine that the Scriptures do in the least ascribe the origin of evil to God , or make him the author of sin ?
... his hatred of sin , and his appointing a day of judgment for the solemn punishment of sinners ) to imagine that the Scriptures do in the least ascribe the origin of evil to God , or make him the author of sin ?
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If God's power over man was universal and unlimited , what reason can there be to 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 ?
If God's power over man was universal and unlimited , what reason can there be to 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 ?
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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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