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 247
BEFORE I come to the particular vindication of the char . truth and authority of the
holy Scriptures , which is my chief design , it will be necessary to rem necessary
to remove , if possible , the common and general prejudices aith religion in this ...
BEFORE I come to the particular vindication of the char . truth and authority of the
holy Scriptures , which is my chief design , it will be necessary to rem necessary
to remove , if possible , the common and general prejudices aith religion in this ...
Page 452
But it is possible he may from hence aim at proving , that there must be a
corporeal substance in imaginary space , because there is an extension there ,
and nothing cannot be attributed to nothing ; therefore there must be a real body
there .
But it is possible he may from hence aim at proving , that there must be a
corporeal substance in imaginary space , because there is an extension there ,
and nothing cannot be attributed to nothing ; therefore there must be a real body
there .
Page 461
For it is not possible for the figure to be any where else but in that body which
hath it ; but it is possible to apprehend motion to come either from an external
agent or an internal principle ; and so it is not a mere mode of the thing moved .
For it is not possible for the figure to be any where else but in that body which
hath it ; but it is possible to apprehend motion to come either from an external
agent or an internal principle ; and so it is not a mere mode of the thing moved .
Page 490
No prudent man believes any thing because it is possible to be true , nor rejects
any thing merely because it is possible to be false : but it is the prudence of every
man to weigh and consider all circumstances , and according to them to assent ...
No prudent man believes any thing because it is possible to be true , nor rejects
any thing merely because it is possible to be false : but it is the prudence of every
man to weigh and consider all circumstances , and according to them to assent ...
Page 491
Because it is possible that the best friend I have may deceive me , and the world
is full of dissimulation , must I therefore believe nobody ? This is the just
consequence of this way of arguing , that we have reason to suspect the truth of
these ...
Because it is possible that the best friend I have may deceive me , and the world
is full of dissimulation , must I therefore believe nobody ? This is the just
consequence of this way of arguing , that we have reason to suspect the truth of
these ...
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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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