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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God ' s power to govern man by laws , though he gives no particular reason of
every positive precept . VI . The reason of God ' s creating man with freedom of
will , largely shewed from Simplicius ; and the true account of the origin of evil .
VII .
God ' s power to govern man by laws , though he gives no particular reason of
every positive precept . VI . The reason of God ' s creating man with freedom of
will , largely shewed from Simplicius ; and the true account of the origin of evil .
VII .
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First , The giving of that positive law cannot be the least ground of laying man ' s
fault on God ; because , 1 . It was most suitable to the nature of a rational creature
to be governed by laws , or declarations of the will of his Maker : for ...
First , The giving of that positive law cannot be the least ground of laying man ' s
fault on God ; because , 1 . It was most suitable to the nature of a rational creature
to be governed by laws , or declarations of the will of his Maker : for ...
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by laws , but to determine man ' s general obligation to CHAP . III . obedience to
... 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 ...
by laws , but to determine man ' s general obligation to CHAP . III . obedience to
... 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 ...
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Neither have human laws always apparent reason for them ; nay , some of them
are to appearance ridiculous : for which he instanceth in that law of the
Lacedæmonian ephori , un Tpéderv MÚctaka , to which no other reason was
annexed but ...
Neither have human laws always apparent reason for them ; nay , some of them
are to appearance ridiculous : for which he instanceth in that law of the
Lacedæmonian ephori , un Tpéderv MÚctaka , to which no other reason was
annexed but ...
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durst not leave it out : but , by one of the laws of Numa Pompilius , it was
restrained to times before marriage ; for in case the ... This law continued in force
among them till Christianity prevailed in the Roman empire ; for although there
were a ...
durst not leave it out : but , by one of the laws of Numa Pompilius , it was
restrained to times before marriage ; for in case the ... This law continued in force
among them till Christianity prevailed in the Roman empire ; for although there
were a ...
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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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