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 136
The true account of them from the vapours arising from the mass of
subterraneous waters . VII . Of the capacity of the ark for receiving the animals ,
from Buteo and others . VIII . The truth of the deluge from the testimony of heathen
nations .
The true account of them from the vapours arising from the mass of
subterraneous waters . VII . Of the capacity of the ark for receiving the animals ,
from Buteo and others . VIII . The truth of the deluge from the testimony of heathen
nations .
Page 152
... received into such cisterns in the earth which are capable of receiving it , are
both equally unsatisfactory , unless we suppose a mass of waters in the bowels
of the earth , which may be as the common stock to supply those fountains with .
... received into such cisterns in the earth which are capable of receiving it , are
both equally unsatisfactory , unless we suppose a mass of waters in the bowels
of the earth , which may be as the common stock to supply those fountains with .
Page 269
And it is really to be wondered at , that the Orphic mysteries and poetical fables
received among the Greeks , did not quite overthrow all religion among them .
For , as Plutarch well saith , Absurd notions of God have very ba i conse -
Plutarch ...
And it is really to be wondered at , that the Orphic mysteries and poetical fables
received among the Greeks , did not quite overthrow all religion among them .
For , as Plutarch well saith , Absurd notions of God have very ba i conse -
Plutarch ...
Page 405
As to the former , I shall insist upon these two : Such as weaken the known and
generally received 1 . proofs of God and Providence . Such as attribute too much
to the mechanical powers 2 . of matter and motion . I begin with those who have ...
As to the former , I shall insist upon these two : Such as weaken the known and
generally received 1 . proofs of God and Providence . Such as attribute too much
to the mechanical powers 2 . of matter and motion . I begin with those who have ...
Page 505
... and these additional parts must either be contrived by the Apostles , or after
their time : not after their time , for then they must be added after Christianity was
received in the world , for that , as appears by Tacitus , was spread in the
Apostles ...
... and these additional parts must either be contrived by the Apostles , or after
their time : not after their time , for then they must be added after Christianity was
received in the world , for that , as appears by Tacitus , was spread in the
Apostles ...
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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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