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 157
... passage through the earth , ( especially when they come near the surface of it ,
) do incorporate with other sweet vapours , as those which coine from rain and
others , by which means they insensibly lose their former acidity and sharpness .
... passage through the earth , ( especially when they come near the surface of it ,
) do incorporate with other sweet vapours , as those which coine from rain and
others , by which means they insensibly lose their former acidity and sharpness .
Page 216
... divinely inspired , as well as others , yet they are such things as , supposing no
Divine revelation , might have been known sufficiently to the world , had not men
been wanting to themselves as to the care and means of preserving them .
... divinely inspired , as well as others , yet they are such things as , supposing no
Divine revelation , might have been known sufficiently to the world , had not men
been wanting to themselves as to the care and means of preserving them .
Page 359
... which the Greeks were by no means fond of , as appears by Xenophon ' s
Epistle to Æschines , ( if it be genuine , and I see little reason to question it ; ) for
he upbraids Plato with mixing the Pythagoric extravagancies with the plain
doctrine of ...
... which the Greeks were by no means fond of , as appears by Xenophon ' s
Epistle to Æschines , ( if it be genuine , and I see little reason to question it ; ) for
he upbraids Plato with mixing the Pythagoric extravagancies with the plain
doctrine of ...
Page 435
Thus far then we find that mankind may propose ends to themselves ; and that
there are things which have a tendency to them ; and that it is very becoming in
them to use those means in order to their ends . Why then may not the wise
Creator ...
Thus far then we find that mankind may propose ends to themselves ; and that
there are things which have a tendency to them ; and that it is very becoming in
them to use those means in order to their ends . Why then may not the wise
Creator ...
Page 437
Superstition is a fool - CHAP . ish thing , because it comes from mean
apprehensions — of God ; but true religion is a wise and agreeable thing ,
because it flows from a due sense of a Divine Majesty , and a tender regard to his
honour .
Superstition is a fool - CHAP . ish thing , because it comes from mean
apprehensions — of God ; but true religion is a wise and agreeable thing ,
because it flows from a due sense of a Divine Majesty , and a tender regard to his
honour .
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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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